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HANDOUT MASTER 11:

Pretest of Psychological Knowledge

Read each statement below and decide whether you think it is true or false.

___ 1. People of high intelligence are more likely to suffer mental illness than people of average intelligence.

___ 2. The people who threaten suicide are rarely the ones who actually commit suicide.

___ 3. Drug addiction is a major cause of violent crimes, such as murder.

___ 4. Most cases of color blindness can be cured by diet.

___ 5. Competition is instinctive in human nature.

___ 6. Alcohol, taken in proper dosage, is a stimulant to clear thinking.

___ 7. The study of mathematics improves the ability to solve nonmathematical problems.

___ 8. Slow learners remember what they learn better than fast learners.

___ 9. Cats can see in complete darkness.

___ 10. When physicians refer to an illness as psychosomatic, they mean that the symptoms exist only in the

patient’s imagination.

___ 11. The image of the moon is magnified by the atmosphere when the moon is low in the sky.

___ 12. When hypnotized, people can be made to perform feats of strength that would ordinarily be

impossible.

___ 13. Intelligence is completely inherited from one’s parents.

___ 14. If your car breaks down, you are more likely to get help from a passerby on a busy highway than on

a lightly traveled country road.

___ 15. Punishment is the most effective way to reinforce the learning of new habits.

___ 16. A oneeyed man could not land an airplane effectively.

From True/False Quiz for Intro Psychology, adapted by R. M. Bragiel, October 1990. Paper presented at the MidAmerica Conference for Teachers of Psychology, Evansville, IN. Reprinted by permission.

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HANDOUT MASTER 1-2:

Conceptions of Psychology

Read each statement below and decide whether you think it is true or false.

___ 1.To change people’s behavior toward members of ethnic minority groups, we must first change their

attitudes.

___ 2.By feeling people’s faces, blind people can visualize how they look in their minds.

___ 3.Children memorize much more easily than adults.

___ 4.Unlike man, the lower animals are motivated only by their bodily needs—hunger, thirst, sex, etc.

___ 5.“The study of the mind” is the best brief definition of psychology today.

___ 6.The more you memorize by rote (e.g., poems), the better you will become at memorizing.

___ 7.The best way to ensure that a desired behavior will persist after training is completed is to reward the behavior every single time it occurs throughout training (rather than intermittently).

___ 8.Fortunately for babies, human beings have a strong maternal instinct.

___ 9.The ability of blind people to avoid obstacles is due to a special sense that develops in compensation for their absence of vision.

___ 10.By giving a young baby lots of extra stimulation (e.g., mobiles and musical toys), we can markedly increase his or her intelligence.

___ 11.Psychiatrists are defined as medical people who use psychoanalysis.

___ 12.Boys and girls exhibit no behavioral differences until environmental influences begin to produce such differences.

___ 13.The high correlation between cigarette smoking and lung cancer proves that smoking causes lung cancer.

___ 14.Genius is akin to insanity.

___ 15.In love and friendship, more often than not, opposites attract one another.

From “Misconceptions Tests or Misconceived Tests?” by R. A. Griggs & S. E. Ransdell, 1987, Teaching of Psychology, 14, 210–214. Copyright© 1987 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Reprinted by permission.

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HANDOUT MASTER 1-3:

American Psychologists’ Family Trees

This “family tree” reads from left to right. For example, G. S. Hall and J. R. Angell were students of William James; L. M. Terman was Hall’s student, and so on. The first date under each name is the year the PhD was awarded; the others are life dates. The names of San DiegoStateUniversity faculty (1979–1980) are italicized.

Wilhelm WundtH. MünsterbergR. M. YerkesC. LouttitJ. B. RotterH. M. SchroderJ. W. McDavidH. Harari

(1856; 1832-1920)(1885; 1863-1916)(1902; 1876-1956)(1928; 1901-1956)(1941; 1916- )(1954; 1923- )(1957; 1933- )(1964; 1925- )

K. SpenceD. EhrenfreundP. BadiaR. H. Defran

(1933; 1907-1967)(1947; 1917- )(1961; 1930- )(1971; 1943- )

M. U. EningerR. Penn

(1949; 1920- )(1955; 1926- )

K. DunlapJ. C. ColemanJ. R. Smith

(1903; 1875-1949)(1942; 1914- )(1955; 1924- )

B. T. BaldwinB. L. WellmanG. G. ThompsonM. PowellN. Kass

(1905; 1875-1928)(1925; 1895-1952)(1941; 1914- )(1952; 1924- )(1960; 1934- )

R. M. ElliotK. MacCorquodaleE. Segal

(1913; 1887-1969)(1946; 1919- )(1958; 1932- )

J. M. CattellR. S. WoodworthH. E. JonesD. T. CampbellB. E. CollinsF. W. Hornbeck

(1886; 1860-1944)(1899; 1869-1962)(1923; 1894-1960)(1947; 1916- )(1963; 1937- )(1969; 1940- )

A. T. PoffenbergerH. E. GarrettM. C. Sand

(1912; 1885- )(1923; 1894-1973)(1939; 1913- )

J. P. SewardC. K. StaatsR. L. Karen

(1931; 1905- )(1957; 1931- )(1965; 1925- )

W. F. DearbornL. CarmichaelK. U. SmithC. T. MorganF. A. KingR. Plotnick

(1905; 1878-1955)(1924; 1898-1973)(1935; 1907- )(1939; 1915- )(1956; 1925- )(1966; 1936- )

E. L. ThorndikeH. A. ToopsH. A. EdgertonE. S. BordinD. RiglerJ. J. Spinetta

(1898; 1874-1949)(1921; 1895-1972)(1928; 1904- )(1942; 1913- )(1956; 1921- )(1972; 1938- )

V. A. C. HenmonC. L. HullC. HovlandF. D. SheffieldG. MandlerM. Borges

(1905; 1877-1950)(1918; 1884-1952)(1936; 1912-1961)(1946; 1914- )(1953; 1924- )(1973; 1940- )

J. L. FreedmanJ. Price

(1961; 1937- )(1971; 1944- )

K. H. KurtzS. Mollenauer

(1953; 1928- )(1968; 1942- )

H. YamaguchiJ. M. Grossberg

(1949; 1921- )(1956; 1927- )

F. GrahamJ. Brown

(1942; 1918- )(1975; 1947- )

E. W. ScriptureC. E. SeashoreJ. H. TiffinD. LewisA. M. BarchJ. R. Levine

(1891; 1864-1945)(1895; 1866-1949)(1930; 1905- )(1933; 1902-1972)(1952; 1924- )(1964; 1934- )

G. D. StoddardD.D. FederW. D. Kinnon

(1925; 1897- )(1934; 1910- )(1955; 1927- )

C. BuxtonW. GringsH. KimmelR. Yaremko

(1937; 1912- )(1946; 1918- )(1958; 1927- )(1969; 1943- )

E. B. TitchenerW. B. PillsburyC. R. BrownR. J. AndersonE. F. O’Day, Jr.

(1892; 1867-1927)(1896; 1872-1960)(1928; 1892- )(1950; 1918- )(1956; 1925- )

M. BentleyJ. McVicker HuntR. H. Schulte

(1898; 1870-1955)(1933; 1905- )(1964; 1938- )

G. M. StrattonO. L. BridgmanO. J. Kaplan

(1896; 1865-1957)(1915; 1886-1974)(1940; 1915- )

J. W. MacFarlaneF. G. OrrC. L. WinderL. C. Johnson

(1922; 1894- )(1948; 1919- )(1949; 1921- )(1954; 1925- )

W. Hunrichs

(1955; 1924- )

D. ByrneR. D. McDonald

(1958; 1931- )(1962; 1933- )

R. PintnerD. G. PatersonW. A. OwensB. Bryson

(1913; 1884-1942)(1915; 1892-1961)(1940; 1914- )(1970; 1943- )

J. J. JenkinsC. F. Dicken

(1950; 1923- )(1957; 1929- )

H. RosenW. K. Graham

(1957; 1922- )(1966; 1939- )

William JamesG. S. HallL. M. TermanD. G. MarquisJ. W. AtkinsonW. A. ScottR. HeslinJ. B. Bryson

(1869; 1842-1910)(1878; 1844-1924)(1905; 1877-1956)(1932; 1908- )(1950; 1923- )(1954; 1926- )(1966; 1936- )(1970; 1943- )

M. Merrill JamesC. W. EriksenT. J. SpencerD. Saccuzzo

(1923; 1888- )(1950; 1923- )(1968; 1940- )(1973; 1947- )

G. L. PaulA. J. Litrownik

(1964; 1935- )(1971; 1945- )

J. R. AngellJ. PetersonL. H. LanierL. KarlinP. BakanB. T. Leckart

(1893; 1869-1949)(1907; 1878-1935)(1926; 1903- )(1950; 1917- )(1954; 1928- )(1965; 1940- )

L. L. ThurstoneP. HorstE. F. Alf

(1917; 1887-1955)(1931; 1903- )(1956; 1928- )

H. A. CarrW. T. HeronR. B. LoucksF. P. Leukel

(1905; 1873-1954)(1924; 1897- )(1930; 1908- )(1955; 1922- )

M. E. BunchM. H. MarxW. A. Hillix

(1934; 1902- )(1943; 1919- )(1958; 1927- )

Carl StumpfM. MeyerA. P. WeissS. RenshawL. I. O’KellyJ. W. Koppman

(1868; 1848-1936)(1896; 1873-1967)(1916; 1879-1931)(1925; 1892- )(1939; 1913- )(1963; 1934- )

O. C. IrwinM. A. WengerK. B. LittleC. NakamuraM. J. Rodin

(1929; 1891- )(1935; 1907- )(1951; 1918- )(1956; 1921- )(1960; 1936- )

C. C. SpikerG. N. CantorL. Fenson

(1951; 1925- )(1954; 1927- )(1968; 1940- )

K. LewinD. P. CartwrightH. H. KellyP. A. Gallo, Jr.

(1914; 1890-1947)(1940; 1915- )(1948; 1921- )(1963; 1935- )

L. FestingerA. R. CohenR. BaronJ. P. Sheposh

(1942; 1919- )(1953; 1927-1963)(1963; 1936- )(1967; 1933- )

H. S. LangfeldG. AllportL. W. DoobI. L. ChildJ. GrosslightR. Radlow

(1909; 1877-1958)(1922; 1897-1967)(1934; 1909- )(1939; 1915- )(1947; 1921- )(1955; 1929- )

S. FeshbachR. D. SingerR. M. Kaplan

(1951; 1925- )(1960; 1931- )(1972; 1947- )

R. L. Feierabend

(1955; 1926- )

J. R. P. French, Jr.B. RavenS. HimmelfarbR. G. Graf

(1940; 1913- )(1953; 1926- )(1964; 1937- )(1968; 1941- )

Benno ErdmannR. DodgeE. HilgardM. SmithR. C. Harrison

(1873; 1851-1921)(1896; 1871-1942)(1930; 1904- )(1947; 1917- )(1955; 1921- )

R. C. FagotE. Lynn

(1956; 1921- )(1965; 1928- )

Alexus MeinongF. HeiderJ. M. Sattler

(1878; 1853-1920)(1920; 1896- )(1959; 1931- )

George A. CoeG. B. WatsonC. R. RogersV. C. RaimyS. M. McCordick

(1891; 1862-1951)(1925; 1899- )(1931; 1902- )(1943; 1913- )(1969; 1941- )

A. W. CombsE. L. CowenA. E. JonesL. R. Franzini

(1945; 1912- )(1950; 1926- )(1957; 1929- )(1968; 1941- )

William McDougallW. F. VaughanA. I. RabinW. R. Stevens

(1898; 1871-1938)(1926; 1901-1962)(1939; 1912- )(1958; 1925- )

Francis M. UrbanS. W. FernbergerJ. A. GengerelliC. E. Parker

(1902; 1878-1964)(1912; 1887-1956)(1928; 1905- )(1966; 1933-1978)

Earnest A. HootenS. L. WashburnD. G. LindburgP. A. Scollay

(1911; 1887-1954)(1940; 1911- )(1967; 1932- )(1970; 1944- )

Henry A. MurrayS. RosenzweigS. SarasonM. C. Hillyard

(1927; 1893- )(1932; 1903- )(1942; 1919- )(1971; 1942- )

D. W. MacKinnonT. T. Psomas

(1933; 1903- )(1957; 1931- )

From “The Family Trees of American Psychologists,” by W. A. Hillix and J. W. Broyles. In W. G. Bringmann & R. D. Tweney (Eds.), Wundt Studies: A Centennial Collection. Copyright © 1980 by C. J.Hogrefe Publishers, Box 2487, Kirkland, WA. Reprinted by permission.