General Review (Aristotle; Gestalt; Wundt; Titchener; Alston etc.)

Questions (also attached): 1. Describe Aristotle's role in the history of psychology and understand the definition of psychology. 2. Identify and define the four goals of psychology. 3. Identify and compare early views of psychology that focused on the elements of conscious experience, including Wundt, Titchener, the Structuralists, Alston, and the Gestalt psychologists. 4. Identify and compare views in psychology that focused on the functions of the conscious mind, including James, the Functionalists, Ebbinghaus, Calkins, and Binet. Also, explain functionalism's influence on contemporary psychology, namely cognition. 5. Describe the origins of behaviorism and social learni... click for more

All else being equal, total test score variance will be maximixed when the average item difficulty (p) is

All else being equal, total test score variance will be maximixed when the average item difficulty (p) is: a) 0.0 b) .50 c) .75 d) 1.00

The optimal item difficulty level is examined.

The optimal item difficulty level would be lowest for which of the following tests a) true/false test b) Multiple choice test (with 4 alternative responses) c) Multiple choice test (with 2 alternative responses) d) Fill in the blank test

According to Sacrates some people act evil because they

According to Sacrates some people act evil because they a) Are born with an evil soul b) Are ignorant of the good c) Have learned to hate the good d) Possess weak Wills

Intelligence

Compare and contrast Spearman's Model of Intelligence and Gardner's Multiple Intelligences. What are several comparisons and contrast? Which of the two models do you feel is more in line with psychology today?