Question 1

Who proposed the idea of natural selection?

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles Darwin 
B)  Charles Taylor 
C)  Plotinus 
D)  Plato

Question 2

Over thousands of years the process of ____________________ ____________________ can make a species change into a new species.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Over thousands of years the process of...

Question 3

Aristotle held that all living things have a purpose.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

J.J.C. Smart endorsed what theory of human nature?

Accepted Answer

A)  Identify theory 
B)  Coextension theory 
C)  The Traditional View 
D)  The Existential View

Question 5

Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of ____________________....

Question 6

Who said that men possess "a powerful measure of desire for aggressiveness"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sigmund Freud 
B)  Socrates 
C)  Plato 
D)  Jeremy Bentham

Question 7

____________________ argued that a person's culture is the mirror through which society shows her who and what she is.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ argued that a person's culture is...

Question 8

Who wrote Being and Nothingness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sartre 
B)  Heidegger 
C)  Nietzsche 
D)  Darwin

Question 9

Schlick claimed that humans were both self-interested and material bodies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The philosopher who believed that who you are depends on your relationships to others is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Hegel 
B)  Plato 
C)  Taylor 
D)  Sartre

Question 11

The self is the ego.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Do you agree with the existentialists that humans are what they make of themselves? Why, or why not? What might the practical consequences of accepting the existentialist view be for (a) your own life, (b) social policy? Explain your answer.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Do you agree with the existentialists that...

Question 13

Behaviorism began as a school of ____________________ that restricted the study of humans to what could be observed.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Behaviorism began as a school of ____________________...

Question 14

By "soul" Plato meant "inner self".

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Existentialism emphasizes the free and conscious individual.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Human Nature

Who proposed the idea of natural selection?

Over thousands of years the process of can make a species change into a new species.

Aristotle held that all living things have a purpose.

J.J.C. Smart endorsed what theory of human nature?

Siddhartha Gautama was the founder of ____________________.

Who said that men possess "a powerful measure of desire for aggressiveness"?

____________________ argued that a person's culture is the mirror through which society shows her who and what she is.

Who wrote Being and Nothingness?

Schlick claimed that humans were both self-interested and material bodies.

The philosopher who believed that who you are depends on your relationships to others is:

The self is the ego.

Do you agree with the existentialists that humans are what they make of themselves? Why, or why not? What might the practical consequences of accepting the existentialist view be for (a) your own life, (b) social policy? Explain your answer.

Behaviorism began as a school of ____________________ that restricted the study of humans to what could be observed.

By "soul" Plato meant "inner self".

Existentialism emphasizes the free and conscious individual.