Test Bank on Myers Psychology

Test Bank on Myers Psychology Chapter 1  The mind should be studied through careful, empirical observations. Incorrect  The mind is an illusion produced by the brain. Incorrect  The mind is separate from the body and continues after the body dies. (True Answer )Correct  The mind is made up of knowledge that is a result of our experiences. Incorrect  The mind results from biological processes produced by neural transmissions. Incorrect 2 Which philosopher was the first to conclude that knowledge results from our memories of our experiences?  Plato Incorrect  Socrates Incorrect  Kant Incorrect  Descartes Incorrect  Aristotle (True Answer )Correct 3 Descartes theory of how our brain controlled our reflexes involved which of the following?  structuralism and functionalism Incorrect  brain fluid and “animal spirits” (True Answer )Correct  blank slate and empiricism Incorrect  astrology and tabula rasa Incorrect  innate knowledge and experimental data Incorrect 4 Which philosopher is most well known for theorizing that the mind at birth is tabula rasa or a “blank slate”?  Plato Incorrect  John Locke (True Answer )Correct  Immanuel Kant Incorrect  René Descartes Incorrect  Plato and Socrates. Incorrect  Aristotle Incorrect 5 The ideas that most directly helped form modern empiricism were proposed by  John Locke and Francis Bacon. (True Answer )Correct  Plato and René Descartes. Incorrect  Socrates and Confucius. Incorrect  Aristotle and Socrates. Incorrect 6 Which philosopher would have been most enthusiastic about modern empiricism?  Plato Incorrect  Socrates Incorrect  Aristotle (True Answer )Correct  René Descartes Incorrect  Immanuel Kant Incorrect