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1. Psychology is the scientific study of:

a. mind and body.

b. mind and behavior.

c. mood and behavior.

d. mood and body.

CORRECT ANSWER: b

2. Psychology is the study of mind and behavior.

a. materialistic

b. idealistic

c. scientific

d. philosophical

CORRECT ANSWER: c

3. Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Behavior refers to:

a. perceptions, thoughts, memories, and feelings.

b. explanations.

c. urges.

d. observable actions of human and nonhuman animals.

CORRECT ANSWER: d

4. The mind is , while behavior is .

a. a set of public events; a set of private events

b. thoughts; feelings

c. things we say; things we do

d. unobservable events; observable events

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CORRECT ANSWER: d

5. Among the first to struggle with how the mind works were:

a. philosophers.

b. psychologists.

c. structuralists.

d. functionalists.

CORRECT ANSWER: a

6. is the private inner experience of perception, thoughts, memories, and feelings.

a. The mind

b. Dualism

c. Behavior

d. Empiricism

CORRECT ANSWER: a

7. Descartes believed that:

a. the mind and body aren't fundamentally different at all.

b. perceptions of the physical world are produced entirely by information from the sensory organs.

c. the body is made of a material substance, while the mind is made of an immaterial substance.

d. perceptions of the physical world are the brain's interpretation of information from the sensory
organs.

CORRECT ANSWER: c

8. Descartes is to as Hobbes is to .

a. structuralism; nativism

b. dualism; materialism

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c. nativism; dualism

d. dualism; idealism

CORRECT ANSWER: b

9. Which philosopher advocated dualism?

a. Hobbes

b. Locke

c. Kant

d. Descartes

CORRECT ANSWER: d

10. Samuel believes that his mind is fundamentally different than his brain, a belief consistent with:

a. dualism.

b. materialism.

c. idealism.

d. nativism.

CORRECT ANSWER: a

11. Kaiya believes that her spirituality is rooted in a specific area of the brain. Her belief is similar to that
of:

a. Ryle.

b. Descartes.

c. Hobbes.

d. Locke.

CORRECT ANSWER: c

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