Question

12. G. Stanley Hall founded the first American psychology lab in ________. Hall introduced Americans to the famous Austrian psychologist _____________    _____________.
13. James emphasized topics such as: a. emotions   b. consciousness    c. responses to stimuli    d.   a and b
14. Wundt and his followers criticized James because:
    1. he used animals in his experiments
    2. he wasn’t scientific
15. Wundt advocated the study of psychophysics, or:
    1. how we react to stimuli
    2. how we respond emotionally to stress

Answer 1

12. G. Stanley Hall founded the first American psychology lab in 1883. Hall introduced Americans to the famous Austrian psychologist Sigmund Freud.

G. Stanley Hall founded the first American psychology lab in 1883 at John Hopkins University, it was devoted for Experimental Psychology.

G. Stanley Hall invited the famous Sigmund Freud to attend a conference held at the celebration of the University's 20th anniversary in 1909 thus introducing Freud to America.

12. James emphasized topics such as: a. emotions   b. consciousness    c. responses to stimuli    d.   a and b

Solution : D. A and B

Willian James in his 'Functionalism and Pragmatism' focuses on Consciousness aspect and in his William Lange Theory of Emotion focuses on Emotions.

12. Wundt and his followers criticized James because:
    1. he used animals in his experiments
    2. he wasn’t scientific

Solution : 2. He wasn't scientific. They criticized James as his approach was more on a moral and philosophilcay way than being scientific.

12. Wundt advocated the study of psychophysics, or:
    1. how we react to stimuli
    2. how we respond emotionally to stress

Solution : 1. how we react to stimuli

Pyschophysics in other words is the study or the quantifying of the relationship between a stimuli and the responses (in terms of perceptions and sensations) it evokes or produces.