Question 1

The Zeitgeist of 17th- to 19th-century Europe and of the United States was marked by ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​scientific revolution 
B) political revolution 
C) ​determinism 
D) humanism 
E) mechanism 
A) ​scientific revolution 
B) political revolution 
C) ​determinism 
D) humanism 
E) mechanism

Question 2

In the 20th century,Carl Jung based important decisions on his dreams.A 17th-century predecessor in this practice was ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​Newton 
B) Galileo 
C) ​Freud 
D) Descartes 
E) Spinoza 
A) ​Newton 
B) Galileo 
C) ​Freud 
D) Descartes 
E) Spinoza

Question 3

According to Locke,in human development,what kind of ideas appears first?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​sensation 
B) reflection 
C) ​simple 
D) complex 
E) innate 
A) ​sensation 
B) reflection 
C) ​simple 
D) complex 
E) innate

Question 4

According to Locke,the tickle of a feather would be a(n)____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​complex idea 
B) primary quality 
C) ​secondary quality 
D) tertiary quality 
E) essential quality 
A) ​complex idea 
B) primary quality 
C) ​secondary quality 
D) tertiary quality 
E) essential quality

Question 5

The notion in modern psychology that knowledge depends on the experiencing person is essentially a restatement of Berkeley's position.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Descartes' notion that we are born with certain perceptual processes is also a principle of which modern school of psychology?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​behavioristic 
B) psychoanalytic 
C) ​Gestalt 
D) phenomenological 
E) humanistic 
A) ​behavioristic 
B) psychoanalytic 
C) ​Gestalt 
D) phenomenological 
E) humanistic

Question 7

The nativistic theory of perception holds that certain ideas and mental functions are learned through experience.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Those who argue today that behavior is no more than the action of chemicals and electrical events in the brain might be labeled "modern ____."​

Accepted Answer

A) ​empiricists 
B) positivists 
C) ​materialists 
D) associationists 
E) determinists 
A) ​empiricists 
B) positivists 
C) ​materialists 
D) associationists 
E) determinists

Question 9

John Stuart Mill (JSM)differed from his father's view of the mind by proposing: "Complex ideas emerge from combinations of simple ideas and possess characteristics not found in those elements." JSM was concerned with mental ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​magic 
B) coordination 
C) ​mechanics 
D) hospitals 
E) chemistry 
A) ​magic 
B) coordination 
C) ​mechanics 
D) hospitals 
E) chemistry

Question 10

Materialism is the belief that ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​speculation and inference are acceptable 
B) consciousness exists beyond physics and chemistry 
C) ​the mental world exists on a plane of its own 
D) all things can be described in physical terms 
E) ideas exist only in Descartes' mind 
A) ​speculation and inference are acceptable 
B) consciousness exists beyond physics and chemistry 
C) ​the mental world exists on a plane of its own 
D) all things can be described in physical terms 
E) ideas exist only in Descartes' mind

Question 11

Which of the following ideas has psychology borrowed from natural physics?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​effects are predictable and measurable 
B) the nature of human beings is basically good,moving toward self-actualization 
C) ​the paradigm of the source or identity of "cause" 
D) the laws of association 
E) the deductive method of logic 
A) ​effects are predictable and measurable 
B) the nature of human beings is basically good,moving toward self-actualization 
C) ​the paradigm of the source or identity of "cause" 
D) the laws of association 
E) the deductive method of logic

Question 12

Before Descartes,the accepted point of view was that the interaction between mind and body was essentially unidirectional,that ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​the body influenced the mind 
B) the mind influenced the body 
C) ​the soul influenced both the body and mind 
D) the mind and body influenced each other 
E) the vital force influenced both the mind and the body 
A) ​the body influenced the mind 
B) the mind influenced the body 
C) ​the soul influenced both the body and mind 
D) the mind and body influenced each other 
E) the vital force influenced both the mind and the body

Question 13

Berkeley's basic difference with Locke was the former's argument that ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​there are no primary qualities 
B) there is a one-to-one correspondence between physical objects and subjective perceptions 
C) an object is the association of consecutive perceptions​ 
D) there are only complex ideas 
E) there are only primary qualities 
A) ​there are no primary qualities 
B) there is a one-to-one correspondence between physical objects and subjective perceptions 
C) an object is the association of consecutive perceptions​ 
D) there are only complex ideas 
E) there are only primary qualities

Question 14

What was the basis for Babbage's calculating machine?​

Accepted Answer

A) ​The spirit of mechanism 
B) Automata and clocks​ 
C) ​The mechanical nature of human mental actions 
D) None of the above 
E) All of the above 
A) ​The spirit of mechanism 
B) Automata and clocks​ 
C) ​The mechanical nature of human mental actions 
D) None of the above 
E) All of the above

Question 15

At the heart of Descartes' notion of the undulatio reflexa is the role of the conscious mind in determining behavior​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Descartes proposed that the mind produces two kinds of ideas,____ and ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​derived;innate 
B) body;mind 
C) ​reasonable;wacky 
D) right;wrong 
E) abstract;pseudo-abstract 
A) ​derived;innate 
B) body;mind 
C) ​reasonable;wacky 
D) right;wrong 
E) abstract;pseudo-abstract

Question 17

There was little difference between James Mill and son John Stuart Mill in their interpretations of human mental functioning.​

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In modern terminology,Descartes would argue that if the inputs are known,the behavioral outputs can be predicted.Thus,he is an intellectual ancestor of ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​behaviorism 
B) functionalism 
C) ​structuralism 
D) the French materialists 
E) S-R psychology 
A) ​behaviorism 
B) functionalism 
C) ​structuralism 
D) the French materialists 
E) S-R psychology

Question 19

According to Locke,simple ideas become complex ideas through the process of ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​association 
B) deductive logic 
C) ​sensing primary qualities 
D) reflection 
E) recombination 
A) ​association 
B) deductive logic 
C) ​sensing primary qualities 
D) reflection 
E) recombination

Question 20

A fundamental difference between Descartes's psychology and that of Locke was their position about the existence of ____.​

Accepted Answer

A) ​innate ideas 
B) derived ideas 
C) ​idea doctrines 
D) simple ideas 
E) complex ideas 
A) ​innate ideas 
B) derived ideas 
C) ​idea doctrines 
D) simple ideas 
E) complex ideas

The Zeitgeist of 17th- to 19th-century Europe and of the United States was marked by ____.

In the 20th century,Carl Jung based important decisions on his dreams.A 17th-century predecessor in this practice was ____.

According to Locke,in human development,what kind of ideas appears first?

According to Locke,the tickle of a feather would be a(n)____.

The notion in modern psychology that knowledge depends on the experiencing person is essentially a restatement of Berkeley's position.

Descartes' notion that we are born with certain perceptual processes is also a principle of which modern school of psychology?

The nativistic theory of perception holds that certain ideas and mental functions are learned through experience.

Those who argue today that behavior is no more than the action of chemicals and electrical events in the brain might be labeled "modern ____."

John Stuart Mill (JSM)differed from his father's view of the mind by proposing: "Complex ideas emerge from combinations of simple ideas and possess characteristics not found in those elements." JSM was concerned with mental ____.

Materialism is the belief that ____.

Which of the following ideas has psychology borrowed from natural physics?

Before Descartes,the accepted point of view was that the interaction between mind and body was essentially unidirectional,that ____.

Berkeley's basic difference with Locke was the former's argument that ____.

What was the basis for Babbage's calculating machine?

At the heart of Descartes' notion of the undulatio reflexa is the role of the conscious mind in determining behavior

Descartes proposed that the mind produces two kinds of ideas, and .

There was little difference between James Mill and son John Stuart Mill in their interpretations of human mental functioning.

In modern terminology,Descartes would argue that if the inputs are known,the behavioral outputs can be predicted.Thus,he is an intellectual ancestor of ____.

According to Locke,simple ideas become complex ideas through the process of ____.

A fundamental difference between Descartes's psychology and that of Locke was their position about the existence of ____.

The Study of the History of Psychology.

Physiological Influences on Psychology

The New Psychology.

Structuralism

Functionalism: Antecedent Influences

Functionalism: Development and Founding

Applied Psychology: the Legacy of Functionalism

Behaviorism: Antecedent Influences.

Behaviorism: the Beginnings

Behaviorism: After the Founding.

gestalt Psychology

Psychoanalysis: the Beginnings.

Psychoanalysis: After the Founding.

Contemporary Developments in Psychology.

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Exam 2: Philosophical Influences on Psychology

The Zeitgeist of 17th- to 19th-century Europe and of the United States was marked by ____.​

In the 20th century,Carl Jung based important decisions on his dreams.A 17th-century predecessor in this practice was ____.​

According to Locke,in human development,what kind of ideas appears first?​

According to Locke,the tickle of a feather would be a(n)____.​

The notion in modern psychology that knowledge depends on the experiencing person is essentially a restatement of Berkeley's position.​

Descartes' notion that we are born with certain perceptual processes is also a principle of which modern school of psychology?​

The nativistic theory of perception holds that certain ideas and mental functions are learned through experience.​

Those who argue today that behavior is no more than the action of chemicals and electrical events in the brain might be labeled "modern ____."​

John Stuart Mill (JSM)differed from his father's view of the mind by proposing: "Complex ideas emerge from combinations of simple ideas and possess characteristics not found in those elements." JSM was concerned with mental ____.​

Materialism is the belief that ____.​

Which of the following ideas has psychology borrowed from natural physics?​

Before Descartes,the accepted point of view was that the interaction between mind and body was essentially unidirectional,that ____.​

Berkeley's basic difference with Locke was the former's argument that ____.​

What was the basis for Babbage's calculating machine?​

At the heart of Descartes' notion of the undulatio reflexa is the role of the conscious mind in determining behavior​

Descartes proposed that the mind produces two kinds of ideas,____ and ____.​

There was little difference between James Mill and son John Stuart Mill in their interpretations of human mental functioning.​

In modern terminology,Descartes would argue that if the inputs are known,the behavioral outputs can be predicted.Thus,he is an intellectual ancestor of ____.​

According to Locke,simple ideas become complex ideas through the process of ____.​

A fundamental difference between Descartes's psychology and that of Locke was their position about the existence of ____.​

The Study of the History of Psychology.

Physiological Influences on Psychology

The New Psychology.

Structuralism

Functionalism: Antecedent Influences

Functionalism: Development and Founding

Applied Psychology: the Legacy of Functionalism

Behaviorism: Antecedent Influences.

Behaviorism: the Beginnings

Behaviorism: After the Founding.

gestalt Psychology

Psychoanalysis: the Beginnings.

Psychoanalysis: After the Founding.

Contemporary Developments in Psychology.

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The Zeitgeist of 17th- to 19th-century Europe and of the United States was marked by ____.

In the 20th century,Carl Jung based important decisions on his dreams.A 17th-century predecessor in this practice was ____.

According to Locke,in human development,what kind of ideas appears first?

According to Locke,the tickle of a feather would be a(n)____.

The notion in modern psychology that knowledge depends on the experiencing person is essentially a restatement of Berkeley's position.

Descartes' notion that we are born with certain perceptual processes is also a principle of which modern school of psychology?

The nativistic theory of perception holds that certain ideas and mental functions are learned through experience.

Those who argue today that behavior is no more than the action of chemicals and electrical events in the brain might be labeled "modern ____."

John Stuart Mill (JSM)differed from his father's view of the mind by proposing: "Complex ideas emerge from combinations of simple ideas and possess characteristics not found in those elements." JSM was concerned with mental ____.

Materialism is the belief that ____.

Which of the following ideas has psychology borrowed from natural physics?

Before Descartes,the accepted point of view was that the interaction between mind and body was essentially unidirectional,that ____.

Berkeley's basic difference with Locke was the former's argument that ____.

What was the basis for Babbage's calculating machine?

At the heart of Descartes' notion of the undulatio reflexa is the role of the conscious mind in determining behavior

Descartes proposed that the mind produces two kinds of ideas, and .

There was little difference between James Mill and son John Stuart Mill in their interpretations of human mental functioning.

In modern terminology,Descartes would argue that if the inputs are known,the behavioral outputs can be predicted.Thus,he is an intellectual ancestor of ____.

According to Locke,simple ideas become complex ideas through the process of ____.

A fundamental difference between Descartes's psychology and that of Locke was their position about the existence of ____.