HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY PSYC 375
FINAL EXAM REVIEW Comprehensive
(Athabasca University) Questions With
Correct Answers
Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that
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humans are responsible for their actions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Non
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determinist and soft determinist | | |
The ____ stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, perceptions, values, and
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goals as determinants of behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Soft
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Determinist
For Aristotle, sensory experience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-was
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necessary but not sufficient for attaining knowledge
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According to Aristotle, we perceive environmental objects because: -
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CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-their movement influences a medium, which in
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turn stimulates one or more of the five senses
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,Protagorus, the best known Sophist, presented the Sophist's position.
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Which of the following is not representative of the position? - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-what is truth is not affected by the cultterm-5ure in which | | | | | | | | | | |
one lives |
Socrates used the method of ____ to determine what all examples of a
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concept such as beauty had in common. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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inductive definition |
The force that transforms matter into a particular form is its ____ cause.
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- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-efficient
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____ stresses the emotional or unconscious determinants of human
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behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Irrationalism
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The study of knowledge is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-epistemology
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The contention that what we experience mentally accurately reflects
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the physical world is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-naive realism
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Philosophy began: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-when logos replaced
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mythos
,The allegory of the cave demonstrates: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how
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difficult it is to deliver humans from ignorance
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Plato believed that the ideal society would be governed by: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-philosopher-kings
For Aristotle, sensory experience: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is necessary
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but not sufficient for attaining knowledge
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According to St. Augustine, humans can have conceptions of the past
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and future because: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-of the remnants of
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sensory experiences |
What was a goal of St.Thomas Aquinas? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To
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strengthen the position of the church through reason
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Copernicus argued that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the earth revolves
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around the sun (heliocentric theory)
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According to the work of Galileo, which set best illustrates the concepts
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of primary quality and secondary quality? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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primary quality: size; secondary quality: color
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, According to Galileo, secondary qualities: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
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cannot be measured objectively
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Galileo was among the first to suggest that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a
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science of psychology (conscious experience) was impossible
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According to Bacon, science should utilize: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-only
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the direct observation of nature
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History has shown that Bacon's inductive approach to science was
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largely ignored. However, ____ and his followers adopted Bacon's
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philosophy of science. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Skinner
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Concerning the mind-body relationship, Descartes proposed: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-interactionism
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Descartes believed that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the mind is
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nonmaterial
Later in history, Bacon's approach to science was called: - CORRECT
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ANSWER✔✔-positivism
FINAL EXAM REVIEW Comprehensive
(Athabasca University) Questions With
Correct Answers
Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
humans are responsible for their actions? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Non
| | | | | | | | |
determinist and soft determinist | | |
The ____ stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, perceptions, values, and
| | | | | | | | | |
goals as determinants of behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Soft
| | | | | | | |
Determinist
For Aristotle, sensory experience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-was
| | | | | | |
necessary but not sufficient for attaining knowledge
| | | | | |
According to Aristotle, we perceive environmental objects because: -
| | | | | | | | |
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-their movement influences a medium, which in
| | | | | | | |
turn stimulates one or more of the five senses
| | | | | | | |
,Protagorus, the best known Sophist, presented the Sophist's position.
| | | | | | | | |
Which of the following is not representative of the position? - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-what is truth is not affected by the cultterm-5ure in which | | | | | | | | | | |
one lives |
Socrates used the method of ____ to determine what all examples of a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
concept such as beauty had in common. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | | |
inductive definition |
The force that transforms matter into a particular form is its ____ cause.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-efficient
| | |
____ stresses the emotional or unconscious determinants of human
| | | | | | | | |
behavior. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Irrationalism
| | |
The study of knowledge is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-epistemology
| | | | | | | |
The contention that what we experience mentally accurately reflects
| | | | | | | | |
the physical world is called: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-naive realism
| | | | | | | |
Philosophy began: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-when logos replaced
| | | | | | |
mythos
,The allegory of the cave demonstrates: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-how
| | | | | | | | |
difficult it is to deliver humans from ignorance
| | | | | | |
Plato believed that the ideal society would be governed by: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-philosopher-kings
For Aristotle, sensory experience: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-is necessary
| | | | | | | |
but not sufficient for attaining knowledge
| | | | |
According to St. Augustine, humans can have conceptions of the past
| | | | | | | | | | |
and future because: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-of the remnants of
| | | | | | | | |
sensory experiences |
What was a goal of St.Thomas Aquinas? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-To
| | | | | | | | | |
strengthen the position of the church through reason
| | | | | | |
Copernicus argued that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the earth revolves
| | | | | | | |
around the sun (heliocentric theory)
| | | |
According to the work of Galileo, which set best illustrates the concepts
| | | | | | | | | | | |
of primary quality and secondary quality? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | | |
primary quality: size; secondary quality: color
| | | | |
, According to Galileo, secondary qualities: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
| | | | | | |
cannot be measured objectively
| | |
Galileo was among the first to suggest that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a
| | | | | | | | | | |
science of psychology (conscious experience) was impossible
| | | | | |
According to Bacon, science should utilize: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-only
| | | | | | | |
the direct observation of nature
| | | | |
History has shown that Bacon's inductive approach to science was
| | | | | | | | | |
largely ignored. However, ____ and his followers adopted Bacon's
| | | | | | | | |
philosophy of science. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Skinner
| | | | |
Concerning the mind-body relationship, Descartes proposed: - CORRECT
| | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-interactionism
|
Descartes believed that: - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the mind is
| | | | | | | |
nonmaterial
Later in history, Bacon's approach to science was called: - CORRECT
| | | | | | | | | | |
ANSWER✔✔-positivism
