Question 1

The view that vibrations of brain fibers form ideas was proposed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hobbes. 
B)  Locke. 
C)  Berkeley. 
D)  Hume. 
E)  Hartley. 
A)  Hobbes. 
B)  Locke. 
C)  Berkeley. 
D)  Hume. 
E)  Hartley. E

Question 2

Berkeley resolved the relationship between reality, or physical matter, and the mind by his:

Accepted Answer

A)  belief in the certainty of the mind's operations only. 
B)  belief in the certainty of matter only. 
C)  distinction between primary and secondary qualities. 
D)  position that humans are born with innate ideas. 
E)  dismissal of the need for the concept of the mind. 
A)  belief in the certainty of the mind's operations only. 
B)  belief in the certainty of matter only. 
C)  distinction between primary and secondary qualities. 
D)  position that humans are born with innate ideas. 
E)  dismissal of the need for the concept of the mind. A

Question 3

A theory of evolution based upon the needs of the organism was proposed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Stephen Gray. 
B)  Edmund Halley. 
C)  William Herschel. 
D)  James Bradley. 
E)  Erasmus Darwin. 
A)  Stephen Gray. 
B)  Edmund Halley. 
C)  William Herschel. 
D)  James Bradley. 
E)  Erasmus Darwin. E

Question 4

Depth perception as the association between ocular sensations and experience was proposed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hobbes. 
B)  Locke. 
C)  Berkeley. 
D)  Hume. 
E)  Hartley. 
A)  Hobbes. 
B)  Locke. 
C)  Berkeley. 
D)  Hume. 
E)  Hartley.

Question 5

The move away from extreme reductionism and skepticism in the British empirical movement was accomplished by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Berkeley. 
B)  Locke. 
C)  Bentham. 
D)  the Scottish Common Sense school. 
E)  the English positivists. 
A)  Berkeley. 
B)  Locke. 
C)  Bentham. 
D)  the Scottish Common Sense school. 
E)  the English positivists.

Question 6

The mind, for Hume, was defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  solely the functions of the mind. 
B)  active. 
C)  self-reflection. 
D)  innately endowed. 
E)  the ego of consciousness. 
A)  solely the functions of the mind. 
B)  active. 
C)  self-reflection. 
D)  innately endowed. 
E)  the ego of consciousness.

Question 7

One of the pioneers of experimentation in anatomy was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Erasmus Darwin. 
B)  John Hunter. 
C)  Charles Martland. 
D)  Zabdiel Boylston. 
E)  Francis Drake. 
A)  Erasmus Darwin. 
B)  John Hunter. 
C)  Charles Martland. 
D)  Zabdiel Boylston. 
E)  Francis Drake.

Question 8

The motivational principle of Hobbes' psychology was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the will. 
B)  the intellect. 
C)  the emotions. 
D)  desire. 
E)  the environment. 
A)  the will. 
B)  the intellect. 
C)  the emotions. 
D)  desire. 
E)  the environment.

Question 9

The notion of associations as simple and relative suggestions was proposed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Locke. 
B)  Reid. 
C)  Brown. 
D)  Bentham. 
E)  James Mill. 
A)  Locke. 
B)  Reid. 
C)  Brown. 
D)  Bentham. 
E)  James Mill.

Question 10

Locke resolved the relationship between reality, or physical matter, and the mind by his:

Accepted Answer

A)  belief in the certainty of the mind's operations only. 
B)  belief in the certainty of matter only. 
C)  distinction between primary and secondary qualities. 
D)  position that humans are born with innate ideas. 
E)  dismissal of the need for the concept of the mind. 
A)  belief in the certainty of the mind's operations only. 
B)  belief in the certainty of matter only. 
C)  distinction between primary and secondary qualities. 
D)  position that humans are born with innate ideas. 
E)  dismissal of the need for the concept of the mind.

Question 11

Hartley's view of Hume's psychology:

Accepted Answer

A)  supported belief in self-reflection of the mind. 
B)  added a physiological explanation of associations. 
C)  refuted the latter's reductionistic position. 
D)  supported the latter's belief in mental activity. 
E)  denied the distinction between primary and secondary qualities. 
A)  supported belief in self-reflection of the mind. 
B)  added a physiological explanation of associations. 
C)  refuted the latter's reductionistic position. 
D)  supported the latter's belief in mental activity. 
E)  denied the distinction between primary and secondary qualities.

Question 12

For James Mill, complex ideas are:

Accepted Answer

A)  aggregates of simple ideas. 
B)  products of mental chemistry. 
C)  more than mental compounding. 
D)  specific nerve fibers. 
E)  irreducible. 
A)  aggregates of simple ideas. 
B)  products of mental chemistry. 
C)  more than mental compounding. 
D)  specific nerve fibers. 
E)  irreducible.

Question 13

For John Stuart Mill, associations allow the mind to:

Accepted Answer

A)  be reduced to simple sensations. 
B)  be synonymous with the vibrations of brain fibers. 
C)  generate the complex out of the simple. 
D)  act on self-contained innate ideas. 
E)  act unpredictably. 
A)  be reduced to simple sensations. 
B)  be synonymous with the vibrations of brain fibers. 
C)  generate the complex out of the simple. 
D)  act on self-contained innate ideas. 
E)  act unpredictably.

Question 14

Berkeley saw the problem of mind and matter as:

Accepted Answer

A)  God generating the mind. 
B)  matter structured for the mind. 
C)  the mind relating to matter. 
D)  matter generating the mind. 
E)  the mind generating matter. 
A)  God generating the mind. 
B)  matter structured for the mind. 
C)  the mind relating to matter. 
D)  matter generating the mind. 
E)  the mind generating matter.

Question 15

The discovery of the planet Uranus was made by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Stephen Gray. 
B)  Edmund Halley. 
C)  William Herschel. 
D)  James Bradley. 
E)  Erasmus Darwin. 
A)  Stephen Gray. 
B)  Edmund Halley. 
C)  William Herschel. 
D)  James Bradley. 
E)  Erasmus Darwin.

Question 16

Bentham's influence on James Mill was contained in his:

Accepted Answer

A)  empiricism. 
B)  utilitarianism. 
C)  scholasticism. 
D)  Common Sense. 
E)  positivism. 
A)  empiricism. 
B)  utilitarianism. 
C)  scholasticism. 
D)  Common Sense. 
E)  positivism.

Question 17

One of the founders of the Greenwich Observatory was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Stephen Gray. 
B)  Edmund Halley. 
C)  William Herschel. 
D)  James Bradley. 
E)  Erasmus Darwin. 
A)  Stephen Gray. 
B)  Edmund Halley. 
C)  William Herschel. 
D)  James Bradley. 
E)  Erasmus Darwin.

Question 18

The psychology of Alexander Bain proposed:

Accepted Answer

A)  innate ideas. 
B)  the spiritual character of the soul. 
C)  mental causality. 
D)  psychophysical parallelism. 
E)  mental activity. 
A)  innate ideas. 
B)  the spiritual character of the soul. 
C)  mental causality. 
D)  psychophysical parallelism. 
E)  mental activity.

Question 19

Locke's political teachings held that:

Accepted Answer

A)  monarchy is innately enlightened to govern. 
B)  the proper religion of the monarch should determine the beliefs of the governed. 
C)  individual abilities are determined by heredity. 
D)  individual abilities are determined by experience. 
E)  individual abilities are determined by both heredity and experience. 
A)  monarchy is innately enlightened to govern. 
B)  the proper religion of the monarch should determine the beliefs of the governed. 
C)  individual abilities are determined by heredity. 
D)  individual abilities are determined by experience. 
E)  individual abilities are determined by both heredity and experience.

Question 20

Britain of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was remarkable for its:

Accepted Answer

A)  large armies. 
B)  great universities. 
C)  absolute monarchy. 
D)  great literature. 
E)  intellectual freedom. 
A)  large armies. 
B)  great universities. 
C)  absolute monarchy. 
D)  great literature. 
E)  intellectual freedom.

The view that vibrations of brain fibers form ideas was proposed by:

Berkeley resolved the relationship between reality, or physical matter, and the mind by his:

A theory of evolution based upon the needs of the organism was proposed by:

Depth perception as the association between ocular sensations and experience was proposed by:

The move away from extreme reductionism and skepticism in the British empirical movement was accomplished by:

The mind, for Hume, was defined as:

One of the pioneers of experimentation in anatomy was:

The motivational principle of Hobbes' psychology was:

The notion of associations as simple and relative suggestions was proposed by:

Locke resolved the relationship between reality, or physical matter, and the mind by his:

Hartley's view of Hume's psychology:

For James Mill, complex ideas are:

For John Stuart Mill, associations allow the mind to:

Berkeley saw the problem of mind and matter as:

The discovery of the planet Uranus was made by:

Bentham's influence on James Mill was contained in his:

One of the founders of the Greenwich Observatory was:

The psychology of Alexander Bain proposed:

Locke's political teachings held that:

Britain of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was remarkable for its:

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Exam 9: Mental Passivity- the British Tradition

The view that vibrations of brain fibers form ideas was proposed by:

Berkeley resolved the relationship between reality, or physical matter, and the mind by his:

A theory of evolution based upon the needs of the organism was proposed by:

Depth perception as the association between ocular sensations and experience was proposed by:

The move away from extreme reductionism and skepticism in the British empirical movement was accomplished by:

The mind, for Hume, was defined as:

One of the pioneers of experimentation in anatomy was:

The motivational principle of Hobbes' psychology was:

The notion of associations as simple and relative suggestions was proposed by:

Locke resolved the relationship between reality, or physical matter, and the mind by his:

Hartley's view of Hume's psychology:

For James Mill, complex ideas are:

For John Stuart Mill, associations allow the mind to:

Berkeley saw the problem of mind and matter as:

The discovery of the planet Uranus was made by:

Bentham's influence on James Mill was contained in his:

One of the founders of the Greenwich Observatory was:

The psychology of Alexander Bain proposed:

Locke's political teachings held that:

Britain of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was remarkable for its:

Past for Present: Psychology in Search of a Paradigm

Psychology in the Ancient and Classical East

Psychological Foundations in Ancient Greece

From Classical Rome to the Early Middle Ages

The Reawakening of Intellectual Life in the Middle Ages

The Renaissance

The Emergence of Modern Science

Sensationalism and Positivism: the French Tradition

Mental Activity-the German Tradition

Romanticism and Existentialism

Nineteenth Century Bases of Psychology

The Founding of Modern Psychology

American Functionalism

The Gestalt Movement

Psychoanalysis

Behaviorism

The Third Force Movement

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