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1. Psychology is universally defined as the scientific study of observable behavior.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
2. Today, most psychologists believe that the mind and brain are separate physical entities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
3. The Greek philosopher most associated with philosophical empiricism is Aristotle.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
4. Philosophical empiricists believe that certain knowledge is innate.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
,5. Plato believed that certain types of knowledge are innate or inborn.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
6. The classical Greek philosophers tested their theories using the scientific method.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
7. René Descartes believed that the brain and the mind are fundamentally the same thing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
8. Broca's research was consistent with Hobbes's philosophical position that mental
processes were grounded in
the brain.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
9. Broca's research was consistent with Descartes' philosophical position that mental
processes were grounded
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in the brain.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
10. Wilhelm Wundt first used reaction time to measure the speed of a nervous impulse.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
11. Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig in 1879.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
12. Helmholtz developed introspection as a tool for understanding the structure of
consciousness.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
13. Introspection as a scientific method failed because it did not generate replicable
observations.
, a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
14. Functionalists depended on introspection to study subjective observations of personal
experience.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
15. Wilhelm Wundt believed that consciousness could be broken down into its component
parts.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
16. Wilhelm Wundt was most interested in the adaptive functions of consciousness.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
17. The structuralist approach gradually faded, mostly because of the inadequacies of
psychoanalysis.
a. True
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Chapter 1 - True/False
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1. Psychology is universally defined as the scientific study of observable behavior.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
2. Today, most psychologists believe that the mind and brain are separate physical entities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
3. The Greek philosopher most associated with philosophical empiricism is Aristotle.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
4. Philosophical empiricists believe that certain knowledge is innate.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
,5. Plato believed that certain types of knowledge are innate or inborn.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
6. The classical Greek philosophers tested their theories using the scientific method.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
7. René Descartes believed that the brain and the mind are fundamentally the same thing.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
8. Broca's research was consistent with Hobbes's philosophical position that mental
processes were grounded in
the brain.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
9. Broca's research was consistent with Descartes' philosophical position that mental
processes were grounded
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in the brain.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
10. Wilhelm Wundt first used reaction time to measure the speed of a nervous impulse.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
11. Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig in 1879.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
12. Helmholtz developed introspection as a tool for understanding the structure of
consciousness.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
13. Introspection as a scientific method failed because it did not generate replicable
observations.
, a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
14. Functionalists depended on introspection to study subjective observations of personal
experience.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
15. Wilhelm Wundt believed that consciousness could be broken down into its component
parts.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: a
16. Wilhelm Wundt was most interested in the adaptive functions of consciousness.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: b
17. The structuralist approach gradually faded, mostly because of the inadequacies of
psychoanalysis.
a. True
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