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plato correct answers -nativist
-student of socrates
-thought our knowledge was divinely given
Aristotle correct answers empiricist-everything we know we have learned
ultimate greek
laws of association correct answers how the brain or mind takes thing and turn them into
concepts
things that are similar stick together
Nativist correct answers believes our knowledge is given to us
Empiricist correct answers believes what we know we have learned
Rene Descartes correct answers -philosopher
-believed mind and matter were completly -seperate;
known as father of modern rationalism
dualism correct answers the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact
conarium correct answers Also known as the Pineal Body, the structure in the brain that
Descartes believed allowed the mind and body to interact.
reflexes
free will correct answers Animals only have ______ humans have_________
sense of self, God, and Math correct answers 3 things descartes believed we were born with
involuntary behavior correct answers what we share with animals
Thomas Hobbes correct answers believed the mind can produce voluntary behavior but can work
like reflexes
hedonism correct answers self indulgence; pleasure-seeking
John Locke correct answers empiricism
sensory perception coming together
Tabula Rasa correct answers John Locke's concept of the mind as a blank sheet ultimately
bombarded by sense impressions that, aided by human reasoning, formulate ideas.
Ebbinghaus correct answers created the forgetting curve and serial position effect in memory
, Weber's Law correct answers to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant
minimum percentage
Fechner's Law correct answers A principle describing the relationship between stimulus and
resulting sensation that says the magnitude of subjective sensation increases proportionally to the
logarithm of the stimulus intensity.
Helmholtz correct answers Was one of the first to successfully measure neural activity.
didnt believe in mind or soul, only the brain
Pierre Flourens correct answers First person to study the functions of the major sections of the
brain
lesion method correct answers the removal or disabling of a brain structure to gain better
understanding of its function; this method is used only in animals
animals correct answers this lesion method is used only in _______
Paul Broca correct answers discovered area in the brain (named for him) in the left frontal lobe
responsible for language production
Structuralism correct answers early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used
introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
Wiliam Wundt correct answers seperated philosophy from psychology
focused on objective measurement and control
E.B. Titchener correct answers Psychologist who developed structuralism and introspection;
student of Wilhelm Wundt.
Functionalism correct answers early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by
Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism
to adapt, survive, and flourish
William James correct answers founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to
function in our environment
Charles Darwin correct answers English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution
by natural selection
degree correct answers human and animals minds differ in kind but not in_______
George Ramones correct answers animal intelligence
intelligence correct answers ability to learn
plato correct answers -nativist
-student of socrates
-thought our knowledge was divinely given
Aristotle correct answers empiricist-everything we know we have learned
ultimate greek
laws of association correct answers how the brain or mind takes thing and turn them into
concepts
things that are similar stick together
Nativist correct answers believes our knowledge is given to us
Empiricist correct answers believes what we know we have learned
Rene Descartes correct answers -philosopher
-believed mind and matter were completly -seperate;
known as father of modern rationalism
dualism correct answers the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact
conarium correct answers Also known as the Pineal Body, the structure in the brain that
Descartes believed allowed the mind and body to interact.
reflexes
free will correct answers Animals only have ______ humans have_________
sense of self, God, and Math correct answers 3 things descartes believed we were born with
involuntary behavior correct answers what we share with animals
Thomas Hobbes correct answers believed the mind can produce voluntary behavior but can work
like reflexes
hedonism correct answers self indulgence; pleasure-seeking
John Locke correct answers empiricism
sensory perception coming together
Tabula Rasa correct answers John Locke's concept of the mind as a blank sheet ultimately
bombarded by sense impressions that, aided by human reasoning, formulate ideas.
Ebbinghaus correct answers created the forgetting curve and serial position effect in memory
, Weber's Law correct answers to be perceived as different, two stimuli must differ by a constant
minimum percentage
Fechner's Law correct answers A principle describing the relationship between stimulus and
resulting sensation that says the magnitude of subjective sensation increases proportionally to the
logarithm of the stimulus intensity.
Helmholtz correct answers Was one of the first to successfully measure neural activity.
didnt believe in mind or soul, only the brain
Pierre Flourens correct answers First person to study the functions of the major sections of the
brain
lesion method correct answers the removal or disabling of a brain structure to gain better
understanding of its function; this method is used only in animals
animals correct answers this lesion method is used only in _______
Paul Broca correct answers discovered area in the brain (named for him) in the left frontal lobe
responsible for language production
Structuralism correct answers early school of thought promoted by Wundt and Titchener; used
introspection to reveal the structure of the human mind
Wiliam Wundt correct answers seperated philosophy from psychology
focused on objective measurement and control
E.B. Titchener correct answers Psychologist who developed structuralism and introspection;
student of Wilhelm Wundt.
Functionalism correct answers early school of thought promoted by James and influenced by
Darwin; explored how mental and behavioral processes function- how they enable the organism
to adapt, survive, and flourish
William James correct answers founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to
function in our environment
Charles Darwin correct answers English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution
by natural selection
degree correct answers human and animals minds differ in kind but not in_______
George Ramones correct answers animal intelligence
intelligence correct answers ability to learn
