1. Early associationists in psychology, such as E. B. Titchener, believed that human behavior is

A. the product of evolutionary mechanisms underlying memory.
B. the product of free will and the actions of the self.
C. genetically determined at conception.
D. determined by the linking together of mental events.

2. The idea that humans learn in a machine-like manner is central to the doctrine known as

A. associationism.
B. evolutionism.
C. materialism.
D. determinism.

3. The evolutionary approach to understanding mind was important for the development of scientific psychology because

A. it focused attention on the evolution of emotions and behaviors.
B. it required that psychologists base their theories on experimental results.
C. it assumed that the human mind is the product of natural processes.

4. Nineteenth-century experimental psychologists considered psychology to be a

A. philosophical approach to understanding mind and behavior.
B. natural science like biology or chemistry.
C. social science like economics or sociology.

5. The structuralist doctrine that states that complex mental experience is formed by a passive and automatic combination of simple elements of the mind is known as

A. introspectionism.
B. determinism.
C. materialism.
D. associationism.

6. E. B. Titchener was an early experimental psychologist who used the theoretical approach known as

A. associationism.
B. structuralism.
C. determinism.

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