Question 1

The first analysis of the problem of how we see depth was proposed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Locke 
B)  Berkeley 
C)  Hume 
D)  Kant 
A)  Locke 
B)  Berkeley 
C)  Hume 
D)  Kant

Question 2

Locke argued for two fountains of knowledge or kinds of experience. The two types were _________ and _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  positive, negative 
B)  passionate, cerebral (i.e. thinking) 
C)  personal, community 
D)  sensation, reflection 
A)  positive, negative 
B)  passionate, cerebral (i.e. thinking) 
C)  personal, community 
D)  sensation, reflection

Question 3

With respect to the possibility of psychology-defined as the introspective psychology of consciousness-becoming a science, Kant argued that:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychology cannot, in principle, become a real science 
B)  it could become an imperfect science, like meteorology 
C)  it can become a science if it applies the approach of Newton 
D)  Hume had already created a true psychological science 
A)  psychology cannot, in principle, become a real science 
B)  it could become an imperfect science, like meteorology 
C)  it can become a science if it applies the approach of Newton 
D)  Hume had already created a true psychological science

Question 4

When it came to answering the thorny question, "Do we have free will"? Locke answered:

Accepted Answer

A)  Yes, one can always choose a course of action even if it is painful. 
B)  No, one's choice is determined by innate moral rules. 
C)  By reframing the issue, he argued what matters is freedom of action, not will. 
D)  That it was an irrelevant question, and could never be answered. 
A)  Yes, one can always choose a course of action even if it is painful. 
B)  No, one's choice is determined by innate moral rules. 
C)  By reframing the issue, he argued what matters is freedom of action, not will. 
D)  That it was an irrelevant question, and could never be answered.

Question 5

Which of the following was the view of Reid and the Scots?

Accepted Answer

A)  is a God-given mental faculty and is therefore a reliable source of knowledge 
B)  results from the Transcendental Ego's imposition of the Categories of Apperception on raw sensory experience 
C)  depends on careful use of demonstrative logic to prove our conclusions 
D)  is useful in the conduct of life and is found in children and animals, but does not guarantee Truth 
A)  is a God-given mental faculty and is therefore a reliable source of knowledge 
B)  results from the Transcendental Ego's imposition of the Categories of Apperception on raw sensory experience 
C)  depends on careful use of demonstrative logic to prove our conclusions 
D)  is useful in the conduct of life and is found in children and animals, but does not guarantee Truth

Question 6

Explain how the statement, "Let us study man as he is in order to teach him what he should be", represents the goals of the Enlightenment.

Accepted Answer

The statement "Let us study man as he is

Question 7

Hume did his work in the Age of Reason, yet when it came to morality and deciding if we approve or disapprove of the action of ourselves and others it depends on ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  our ability to apply reason and logic. 
B)  our innate moral rules. 
C)  common sense. 
D)  passion and our feelings. 
A)  our ability to apply reason and logic. 
B)  our innate moral rules. 
C)  common sense. 
D)  passion and our feelings.

Question 8

Hume argued that our ability to form generalizations, i.e., form true beliefs,

Accepted Answer

A)  is a God-given mental faculty and is therefore a reliable source of knowledge 
B)  results from the Transcendental Ego's imposition of the Categories of Apperception on raw sensory experience 
C)  depends on careful use of demonstrative logic to prove our conclusions 
D)  is useful in the conduct of life and is found in children and animals, but does not guarantee Truth 
A)  is a God-given mental faculty and is therefore a reliable source of knowledge 
B)  results from the Transcendental Ego's imposition of the Categories of Apperception on raw sensory experience 
C)  depends on careful use of demonstrative logic to prove our conclusions 
D)  is useful in the conduct of life and is found in children and animals, but does not guarantee Truth

Question 9

If you thought of certain thinkers as bookends on different shelves of a library, then ______ would be the bookend that closes out the premodern era and ________ would be the bookend sitting at the beginning of the modern thought section.

Accepted Answer

A)  Locke, Descartes 
B)  Descartes, Locke 
C)  Locke, Galileo 
D)  Reid, Leahey 
A)  Locke, Descartes 
B)  Descartes, Locke 
C)  Locke, Galileo 
D)  Reid, Leahey

Question 10

With respect to the possibility of psychology-defined as the introspective psychology of consciousness-becoming a science, Kant argued that:

Accepted Answer

A)  psychology cannot, in principle, become a real science 
B)  it could become an imperfect science, like meteorology 
C)  it can become a science if it applies the approach of Newton 
D)  Hume had already created a true psychological science 
A)  psychology cannot, in principle, become a real science 
B)  it could become an imperfect science, like meteorology 
C)  it can become a science if it applies the approach of Newton 
D)  Hume had already created a true psychological science

Question 11

Regarding our ability to form generalizations, (i.e. form true beliefs), which of the following was the view of Reid (Scottish common sense philosopher)?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a God given innate mental faculty and is therefore a reliable source of knowledge. 
B)  It results from the Transcendental Ego's imposition of Categories of Apperception of raw sensor experience. 
C)  True beliefs arise only from experience thus all true beliefs depend on one's culture and upbringing. 
D)  All of these. 
A)  It is a God given innate mental faculty and is therefore a reliable source of knowledge. 
B)  It results from the Transcendental Ego's imposition of Categories of Apperception of raw sensor experience. 
C)  True beliefs arise only from experience thus all true beliefs depend on one's culture and upbringing. 
D)  All of these.

Question 12

Which of the following represents the Scottish Realist view of depth perception?

Accepted Answer

A)  we directly perceive three dimensions, height, width, and depth 
B)  we infer depth from various sensory cues 
C)  the innate Categories of Perception impose three dimensional space on experience as a logically necessary preconception of consciousness 
D)  none of these 
A)  we directly perceive three dimensions, height, width, and depth 
B)  we infer depth from various sensory cues 
C)  the innate Categories of Perception impose three dimensional space on experience as a logically necessary preconception of consciousness 
D)  none of these

Question 13

The author of the text uses the Wizard of Oz to illustrate Kant's point about phenomena. Imagine the citizens of OZ had green tinted contact lens implanted in their eyes at birth. Which of the following is a TRUTH that these citizens of OZ can assert that cannot be falsified in the realm of phenomena.

Accepted Answer

A)  Some things look green, and some do not. 
B)  Everything is green in terms of phenomenon. 
C)  Nothing is green in terms of phenomenon. 
D)  Flying monkeys are scary! 
A)  Some things look green, and some do not. 
B)  Everything is green in terms of phenomenon. 
C)  Nothing is green in terms of phenomenon. 
D)  Flying monkeys are scary!

Question 14

Taking the next logical step past Cartesian dualism, which said that the soul's only function is thinking, La Mettrie proposed that:

Accepted Answer

A)  animals have souls similar to human souls 
B)  humans are just soulless machines, as are animals 
C)  animals are incapable of learning language 
D)  the human soul is unique in possessing memory and imagination 
A)  animals have souls similar to human souls 
B)  humans are just soulless machines, as are animals 
C)  animals are incapable of learning language 
D)  the human soul is unique in possessing memory and imagination

Question 15

Kant referred to things in themselves-the world outside human perception as:

Accepted Answer

A)  phenomena 
B)  noumena 
C)  ideas 
D)  stimuli 
A)  phenomena 
B)  noumena 
C)  ideas 
D)  stimuli

Question 16

The French naturalist philosophers replaced the Greek ethical goal of eudaemonia with ethical hedonism. Eudaemonia meant:

Accepted Answer

A)  living one's life in order to get as much pleasure as possible 
B)  following the commandments of the Greek Gods 
C)  living well-flourishing 
D)  acting strictly in accord with reason, whether it made one happy or not 
A)  living one's life in order to get as much pleasure as possible 
B)  following the commandments of the Greek Gods 
C)  living well-flourishing 
D)  acting strictly in accord with reason, whether it made one happy or not

Question 17

Although the concept of association of ideas is very old, only _________ made it into a central principle of mental operation, calling it the "gravity" of the mind.

Accepted Answer

A)  Locke 
B)  Berkeley 
C)  Hume 
D)  Kant 
A)  Locke 
B)  Berkeley 
C)  Hume 
D)  Kant

Question 18

Hume argued that our ability to form generalizations, i.e., form true beliefs,

Accepted Answer

A)  is a God-given mental faculty and is therefore a reliable source of knowledge 
B)  results from the Transcendental Ego's imposition of the Categories of Apperception on raw sensory experience 
C)  depends on careful use of demonstrative logic to prove our conclusions 
D)  is useful in the conduct of life and is found in children and animals, but does not guarantee Truth 
A)  is a God-given mental faculty and is therefore a reliable source of knowledge 
B)  results from the Transcendental Ego's imposition of the Categories of Apperception on raw sensory experience 
C)  depends on careful use of demonstrative logic to prove our conclusions 
D)  is useful in the conduct of life and is found in children and animals, but does not guarantee Truth

Question 19

The majority of modern cognitive psychologists believe that we have little, if any, access to our thought processes. Which philosophical psychologist also held that belief?

Accepted Answer

A)  Descartes 
B)  Locke 
C)  Reid 
D)  Kant 
A)  Descartes 
B)  Locke 
C)  Reid 
D)  Kant

Question 20

The Scottish commonsense philosophers said that human moral judgments are based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  correct understanding of the Bible 
B)  an innate moral sense 
C)  rewards and punishments administered by government 
D)  rational calculations of pain and pleasure 
A)  correct understanding of the Bible 
B)  an innate moral sense 
C)  rewards and punishments administered by government 
D)  rational calculations of pain and pleasure

The first analysis of the problem of how we see depth was proposed by:

Locke argued for two fountains of knowledge or kinds of experience. The two types were _ and _.

With respect to the possibility of psychology-defined as the introspective psychology of consciousness-becoming a science, Kant argued that:

When it came to answering the thorny question, "Do we have free will"? Locke answered:

Which of the following was the view of Reid and the Scots?

Explain how the statement, "Let us study man as he is in order to teach him what he should be", represents the goals of the Enlightenment.

Hume did his work in the Age of Reason, yet when it came to morality and deciding if we approve or disapprove of the action of ourselves and others it depends on ________.

Hume argued that our ability to form generalizations, i.e., form true beliefs,

If you thought of certain thinkers as bookends on different shelves of a library, then would be the bookend that closes out the premodern era and __ would be the bookend sitting at the beginning of the modern thought section.

With respect to the possibility of psychology-defined as the introspective psychology of consciousness-becoming a science, Kant argued that:

Regarding our ability to form generalizations, (i.e. form true beliefs), which of the following was the view of Reid (Scottish common sense philosopher)?

Which of the following represents the Scottish Realist view of depth perception?

Taking the next logical step past Cartesian dualism, which said that the soul's only function is thinking, La Mettrie proposed that:

Kant referred to things in themselves-the world outside human perception as:

The French naturalist philosophers replaced the Greek ethical goal of eudaemonia with ethical hedonism. Eudaemonia meant:

Although the concept of association of ideas is very old, only _________ made it into a central principle of mental operation, calling it the "gravity" of the mind.

Hume argued that our ability to form generalizations, i.e., form true beliefs,

The majority of modern cognitive psychologists believe that we have little, if any, access to our thought processes. Which philosophical psychologist also held that belief?

The Scottish commonsense philosophers said that human moral judgments are based on:

Introduction

The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Ascent of Science 1815-1914

The Psychology of Consciousness

The Psychology of the Unconscious

The Psychology of Adaptation

Behaviorism 1892-1956

Cognitive Science 1956-2016

The Rise of Applied Psychology 1892-1939

The Psychological Society 1940-2016

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Exam 6: The Enlightenment 1700-1815

The first analysis of the problem of how we see depth was proposed by:

Locke argued for two fountains of knowledge or kinds of experience. The two types were _________ and _________.

With respect to the possibility of psychology-defined as the introspective psychology of consciousness-becoming a science, Kant argued that:

When it came to answering the thorny question, "Do we have free will"? Locke answered:

Which of the following was the view of Reid and the Scots?

Explain how the statement, "Let us study man as he is in order to teach him what he should be", represents the goals of the Enlightenment.

Hume did his work in the Age of Reason, yet when it came to morality and deciding if we approve or disapprove of the action of ourselves and others it depends on ________.

Hume argued that our ability to form generalizations, i.e., form true beliefs,

If you thought of certain thinkers as bookends on different shelves of a library, then ______ would be the bookend that closes out the premodern era and ________ would be the bookend sitting at the beginning of the modern thought section.

With respect to the possibility of psychology-defined as the introspective psychology of consciousness-becoming a science, Kant argued that:

Regarding our ability to form generalizations, (i.e. form true beliefs), which of the following was the view of Reid (Scottish common sense philosopher)?

Which of the following represents the Scottish Realist view of depth perception?

Taking the next logical step past Cartesian dualism, which said that the soul's only function is thinking, La Mettrie proposed that:

Kant referred to things in themselves-the world outside human perception as:

The French naturalist philosophers replaced the Greek ethical goal of eudaemonia with ethical hedonism. Eudaemonia meant:

Although the concept of association of ideas is very old, only _________ made it into a central principle of mental operation, calling it the "gravity" of the mind.

Hume argued that our ability to form generalizations, i.e., form true beliefs,

The majority of modern cognitive psychologists believe that we have little, if any, access to our thought processes. Which philosophical psychologist also held that belief?

The Scottish commonsense philosophers said that human moral judgments are based on:

Introduction

The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Ascent of Science 1815-1914

The Psychology of Consciousness

The Psychology of the Unconscious

The Psychology of Adaptation

Behaviorism 1892-1956

Cognitive Science 1956-2016

The Rise of Applied Psychology 1892-1939

The Psychological Society 1940-2016

Filters

Locke argued for two fountains of knowledge or kinds of experience. The two types were _ and _.

If you thought of certain thinkers as bookends on different shelves of a library, then would be the bookend that closes out the premodern era and __ would be the bookend sitting at the beginning of the modern thought section.