Question 1

In text, "protopsychologists" are people who try to link psychological processes to physiological processes. The FIRST protopsychologist was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Thales 
B)  Alcmeon 
C)  Plato 
D)  Diogenes 
A)  Thales 
B)  Alcmeon 
C)  Plato 
D)  Diogenes

Question 2

Match Aristotelian soul to its function.
-animal soul

Accepted Answer

A)  sensation 
B)  reason 
C)  nutrition 
A)  sensation 
B)  reason 
C)  nutrition

Question 3

Contrast Being and Becoming and Rationalism and Empiricism.

Accepted Answer

Being and Becoming are two philosophical

Question 4

Which of the following systems of thought provided the most important bridge from classical philosophy to Christian theology?

Accepted Answer

A)  cynicism 
B)  Neoplatonism 
C)  epicureanism 
D)  humanism 
A)  cynicism 
B)  Neoplatonism 
C)  epicureanism 
D)  humanism

Question 5

Plato proposed that learning universal concepts such as "cat" is based on:

Accepted Answer

A)  observing the similarities and differences between things 
B)  innate knowledge from the soul's sojourn with the Forms 
C)  learning how one's culture chooses to categorize things 
D)  proper steering of the Spirited Soul 
A)  observing the similarities and differences between things 
B)  innate knowledge from the soul's sojourn with the Forms 
C)  learning how one's culture chooses to categorize things 
D)  proper steering of the Spirited Soul

Question 6

Aristotle explained phenomena such as the growth of a tree from a seed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  appealing only to mechanistic processes inside the seed and growing tree 
B)  by positing purposive striving toward a goal possessed by the seed 
C)  pointing out the role of human nurturing in growing plants 
D)  likening it to a river running downhill 
A)  appealing only to mechanistic processes inside the seed and growing tree 
B)  by positing purposive striving toward a goal possessed by the seed 
C)  pointing out the role of human nurturing in growing plants 
D)  likening it to a river running downhill

Question 7

Match the Platonic metaphor for knowledge to its description or implication:
-Opinion and knowledge may be arranged in a hierarchy from images to knowledge of Forms

Accepted Answer

A)  The Ladder of Love 
B)  Allegory of the Cave 
C)  Metaphor of the Line 
A)  The Ladder of Love 
B)  Allegory of the Cave 
C)  Metaphor of the Line

Question 8

Through his dialogues, Socrates brought his students to the state of "enlightened ignorance" called:

Accepted Answer

A)  aporia 
B)  elenchus 
C)  eudaemonia 
D)  phusis 
A)  aporia 
B)  elenchus 
C)  eudaemonia 
D)  phusis

Question 9

The city-state (polis) that carried Greek ideas to their extreme was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Sparta 
B)  Athens 
C)  Melos 
D)  Carthage 
A)  Sparta 
B)  Athens 
C)  Melos 
D)  Carthage

Question 10

According to Plato, we call a cat a cat because:

Accepted Answer

A)  by seeing many cats, we have figure out what they all have in common 
B)  we can see its essential cause 
C)  it resembles our innate knowledge of the Form of the Cat 
D)  they're cute and furry 
A)  by seeing many cats, we have figure out what they all have in common 
B)  we can see its essential cause 
C)  it resembles our innate knowledge of the Form of the Cat 
D)  they're cute and furry

Question 11

Describe Aristotle's four causes and his "natural scale," with specific reference to the souls of living things.

Accepted Answer

Aristotle's four causes are the material

Question 12

According to Aristotle, people could flourish (achieve eudaemonia) only if they:

Accepted Answer

A)  underwent rigorous education in ethics 
B)  lived in the right sort of society 
C)  were innately endowed with a favorable happiness set-point (arête) 
D)  lived in a monastery away from social affairs 
A)  underwent rigorous education in ethics 
B)  lived in the right sort of society 
C)  were innately endowed with a favorable happiness set-point (arête) 
D)  lived in a monastery away from social affairs

Question 13

The ancient Greek philosophers (e.g. Thales) were said to have established an open system of thought. Open means:

Accepted Answer

A)  welcomes criticism of its ideas 
B)  is written down on stone tablets and the ideas are open for all to see. 
C)  that thinkers a free to personally attack any critics as heretics or bad people 
D)  none of these. 
A)  welcomes criticism of its ideas 
B)  is written down on stone tablets and the ideas are open for all to see. 
C)  that thinkers a free to personally attack any critics as heretics or bad people 
D)  none of these.

Question 14

Plato's image of the soul as a charioteer driving two horses resembles to some degree parts of whose later theory?
A) Carl Roger's
B) Carl Jung's
C) Sigmund Freud's
B) Carl Jung's d. B. F. Skinner's

Accepted Answer

The answer of Plato's image of the soul as a...

Question 15

How does atomism deepen the divide between Appearance and Reality? What ethical problem is raised by atomism?

Accepted Answer

Atomism deepens the divide between Appea

Question 16

Aristotle distinguished four forms of causation. Applying these to explaining why a given animal is what it is (e.g., a cat as opposed to a dog), the soul fulfills all of the 4 causes EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  material cause 
B)  formal cause 
C)  efficient cause 
D)  final cause 
A)  material cause 
B)  formal cause 
C)  efficient cause 
D)  final cause

Question 17

According to Aristotle, human intellectual appetite, or wish, arises from:

Accepted Answer

A)  innate ideas of right and wrong 
B)  our uniquely human ability to form universals 
C)  learning social rules of morality 
D)  human curiosity 
A)  innate ideas of right and wrong 
B)  our uniquely human ability to form universals 
C)  learning social rules of morality 
D)  human curiosity

Question 18

Plato believed that sometimes people behave badly because:

Accepted Answer

A)  they are ignorant of what the good is 
B)  they have lost control of their baser motives 
C)  they were born with bad character 
D)  an evil daemon possess them 
A)  they are ignorant of what the good is 
B)  they have lost control of their baser motives 
C)  they were born with bad character 
D)  an evil daemon possess them

Question 19

According to Socrates, a person who does an evil deed is:

Accepted Answer

A)  simply ignorant of the good 
B)  in the grip of a wicked passion 
C)  possessed by an evil god or demon 
D)  expressing the inherently sinful nature of human beings 
A)  simply ignorant of the good 
B)  in the grip of a wicked passion 
C)  possessed by an evil god or demon 
D)  expressing the inherently sinful nature of human beings

Question 20

Many of psychology's intellectual roots can be traced to Ancient Greece, yet a concept we today have, that is strikingly missing from Ancient Greece is:

Accepted Answer

A)  any concept of motivation 
B)  the idea of a whole personality 
C)  a principle distinguishing the living from the dead 
D)  a concern with perception 
A)  any concept of motivation 
B)  the idea of a whole personality 
C)  a principle distinguishing the living from the dead 
D)  a concern with perception

In text, "protopsychologists" are people who try to link psychological processes to physiological processes. The FIRST protopsychologist was:

Match Aristotelian soul to its function. -animal soul

Contrast Being and Becoming and Rationalism and Empiricism.

Which of the following systems of thought provided the most important bridge from classical philosophy to Christian theology?

Plato proposed that learning universal concepts such as "cat" is based on:

Aristotle explained phenomena such as the growth of a tree from a seed by:

Match the Platonic metaphor for knowledge to its description or implication: -Opinion and knowledge may be arranged in a hierarchy from images to knowledge of Forms

Through his dialogues, Socrates brought his students to the state of "enlightened ignorance" called:

The city-state (polis) that carried Greek ideas to their extreme was:

According to Plato, we call a cat a cat because:

Describe Aristotle's four causes and his "natural scale," with specific reference to the souls of living things.

According to Aristotle, people could flourish (achieve eudaemonia) only if they:

The ancient Greek philosophers (e.g. Thales) were said to have established an open system of thought. Open means:

Plato's image of the soul as a charioteer driving two horses resembles to some degree parts of whose later theory? A) Carl Roger's B) Carl Jung's C) Sigmund Freud's B) Carl Jung's d. B. F. Skinner's

How does atomism deepen the divide between Appearance and Reality? What ethical problem is raised by atomism?

Aristotle distinguished four forms of causation. Applying these to explaining why a given animal is what it is (e.g., a cat as opposed to a dog), the soul fulfills all of the 4 causes EXCEPT:

According to Aristotle, human intellectual appetite, or wish, arises from:

Plato believed that sometimes people behave badly because:

According to Socrates, a person who does an evil deed is:

Many of psychology's intellectual roots can be traced to Ancient Greece, yet a concept we today have, that is strikingly missing from Ancient Greece is:

Introduction

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment 1700-1815

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 2: The Legacy of Ancient Greece Eea-323 Bce

In text, "protopsychologists" are people who try to link psychological processes to physiological processes. The FIRST protopsychologist was:

Match Aristotelian soul to its function. -animal soul

Contrast Being and Becoming and Rationalism and Empiricism.

Which of the following systems of thought provided the most important bridge from classical philosophy to Christian theology?

Plato proposed that learning universal concepts such as "cat" is based on:

Aristotle explained phenomena such as the growth of a tree from a seed by:

Match the Platonic metaphor for knowledge to its description or implication: -Opinion and knowledge may be arranged in a hierarchy from images to knowledge of Forms

Through his dialogues, Socrates brought his students to the state of "enlightened ignorance" called:

The city-state (polis) that carried Greek ideas to their extreme was:

According to Plato, we call a cat a cat because:

Describe Aristotle's four causes and his "natural scale," with specific reference to the souls of living things.

According to Aristotle, people could flourish (achieve eudaemonia) only if they:

The ancient Greek philosophers (e.g. Thales) were said to have established an open system of thought. Open means:

Plato's image of the soul as a charioteer driving two horses resembles to some degree parts of whose later theory? A) Carl Roger's B) Carl Jung's C) Sigmund Freud's B) Carl Jung's d. B. F. Skinner's

How does atomism deepen the divide between Appearance and Reality? What ethical problem is raised by atomism?

Aristotle distinguished four forms of causation. Applying these to explaining why a given animal is what it is (e.g., a cat as opposed to a dog), the soul fulfills all of the 4 causes EXCEPT:

According to Aristotle, human intellectual appetite, or wish, arises from:

Plato believed that sometimes people behave badly because:

According to Socrates, a person who does an evil deed is:

Many of psychology's intellectual roots can be traced to Ancient Greece, yet a concept we today have, that is strikingly missing from Ancient Greece is:

Introduction

Antiquity 323 Bce-1000 Ce

The End of the Premodern World 1000-1600 Ce

The Scientific Revolution

The Enlightenment 1700-1815

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