Exam 5: The Renaissance

_________ contributed to our understanding of visual perception, including his work describing effects of contrast and perspective on perception.

Development of the geocentric cosmology is attributed to ________, whereas the development of the heliocentric cosmology is attributed to ___________

As the plague swept Europe, ________ were often blamed and persecuted as scapegoats.

Oliva Sabuco, a Renaissance Spanish scholar and apparent author of New Philosophy on the Nature of Man, emphasized the importance of

The expression Renaissance humanism refers to

____________ viewed vision as the most important sense and as the instrument of human knowledge.

Astronomers' challenges of geocentric cosmology helped introduce empirical knowledge into a culture whose primary source of knowledge was

Mathematics during the Renaissance

According to the text, the Reanaissance covers a period of time that includes

_________ was the astronomer who was the first to systematically employ the telescope in the study of astronomy. With the telescope he discovered imperfections on the moon, rings of Saturn, moons of Jupiter, and sunspots.

___________ was the German astronomer and mathematician who added to the heliocentric theory with his discovery that the planets move in elliptical orbits around the sun.

Which of the following best captures the conclusion in the text regarding the effects of the Reformation on the development of science?

The plague contributed to doubts about the adequacy of authorities and institutions because

_________ gained a place in the history of psychology predominantly due to his contributions to knowledge of the senses, particularly the anatomical, physiological, physical, geometrical, and psychological properties of vision.

The Renaissance period served as a foundation for all of the following EXCEPT

All of the following were true of the Renaissance period EXCEPT

This Renaissance scholar was one of the first to write on individual differences, aptitude, and temperament. He was

_________ was one of the first to emphasize a purely descriptive and objective social science that rejected moralistic approaches to human behavior.

____________ provided an intellectual groundwork for modern social psychology.

____________ was known as the founder of Renaissance humanism and was obsessed with the rediscovery of the Greek and Roman classics.