Solutions A History of Modern Psychology - 10th Edition - Chapter 6

6.1 Why did some people find it such a disturbing experience to see Jenny the Orangutan in the London Zoo? How did her behavior affect Charles Darwin?
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6.2 What aspects of consciousness did the functionalists deal with?
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6.3 On what grounds did the functionalists protest against Wundt’s psychology and Titchener’s structuralism?
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6.4 Why did it seem inevitable that a theory of evolution would be proposed and accepted by the middle of the nineteenth century? How did the Zeitgeist influence the success of Darwin’s ideas?
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6.5 Explain the approaches to evolution taken by Erasmus Darwin and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.
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6.6 How did increasing travel and exploration, and the public fascination with fossils, influence attitudes toward the idea of evolution?
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6.7 Explain how the study of bird beaks supports evolutionary theory.
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6.8 What did Darwin mean when he referred to himself as the “devil’s chaplain” and said that his work was like confessing to murder?
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6.9 How was Darwin’s concept of natural selection influenced by Malthus’s doctrine of population and food supply?
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6.10 Describe the role of Thomas Henry Huxley in promoting Darwin’s theory.
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6.11 In what ways did Darwin’s data and ideas alter the subject matter and methods of psychology?
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6.12 Describe the work of Juan Huarte in anticipating the contributions of Galton.
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6.13 How was Galton’s work on mental tests influenced by Locke’s empiricist view?
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6.14 What statistical tools did Galton develop to measure human characteristics? Describe Galton’s research on hereditary genius.
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6.15 How did Galton study the association of ideas? How did he test for intelligence?
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6.16 How did Darwin’s evolutionary theory stimulate the development of animal psychology? What was Wundt’s initial reaction to this development?
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6.17 Describe the anecdotal method and introspection by analogy. Explain Romanes’s mental ladder.
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6.18 How did Morgan limit the use of introspection by analogy? Which of the following techniques did Morgan use to study the animal mind: (a) collecting anecdotes, (b) experimental studies, (c) the method of extirpation, (d) electrical stimulation?
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