PSY 120 Ch 1 & 2 Exam (Well-enlightened)

Rene Descartes correct answers French philosopher who argued for dualism (mind and body) Dualism correct answers the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact Thomas Hobbes correct answers Disagreed with dualism, said that mind is what the brain does Philosophical Materialism correct answers the view that all mental phenomena are reducible to physical phenomena John Locke correct answers English philosopher who argued that there is a real world -perceptions of physical world are like pictures and are based off of sensory organs philosophical empiricism correct answers the view that all knowledge is acquired through experience Philosophical Nativism correct answers the view that some knowledge is innate rather than acquired Herman von Helmholtz () correct answers first to measure the speed of a nerve impulse Stimulus correct answers a signal to which an organism responds Wilhelm Wundt correct answers opened the first psychological laboratory What did wilhelm wundt believe? correct answers main goal of psych should be to understand consciousness Structuralism correct answers the analysis of the basic elements that constitute the mind William James (functionalism) correct answers believed that the environment is the cause to our behavior; studies how our mental and behavioral processes function and enable us to adapt, survive, and flourish Jean-Martin Charcot and Pierre Janet correct answers studied hysteric patients through hypnosis hysteria correct answers a temporary loss of cognitive or motor functions, usually as a result of emotionally upsetting experiences Sigmund Freud believed correct answers Hysteria is caused by painful unconscious experiences Psychoanalysis correct answers Freud's theory that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts