Exam 2: Philosophical Influences on Psychology

Empiricism attributes all knowledge to ____.​

James Mill: ____;John Stuart Mill: ____.​

"Why should I have to read what Locke wrote over 300 years ago? Schultz and Schultz and the instructor get paid to summarize that for me." What answer would the textbook authors give you?​

The idea that "the whole is greater than the sum of its parts" was the position of ____.​

For Locke,the difference between a simple and a complex idea is that a simple idea ____.​

Which philosopher believed that the only things that humans know with certainty are those objects that are perceived?​

The first idea of the tabula rasa was John Locke's.​

For Descartes,the unique function of the mind is thought.​

Hartley was the first to apply the theory of association to explain ____.​

Which of the following is an example of a derived idea?​

Locke used simple and complex ideas to describe his theory of association,now commonly known as learning.​

Descartes's dualism was novel in its emphasis on the ____.​

According to the textbook,the dominant idea of the 17th century was ____.​

The doctrine that explains phenomena on one level (such as complex ideas)in terms of phenomena on another level (such as simple ideas)is ____.​

The question of the distinction between mental and physical qualities refers to ____.​

The idea of mechanism was a result of the initial work of Newton.​

Who published a clear explanation of how the calculating machine functioned and pointed out its potential use and implications?​

According to Locke,the idea of an army or a navy would be an example of ____.​

While Hartley's fundamental law of association was ____,he also proposed that ____ was necessary for associations to be formed.​

Which theorist believed that people are similar to machines?​