PBSI 340 EXAM 2 ACTUAL EXAM PAPER
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
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⩥ Memory. Answer: The retention of learned information over time
⩥ Plasticity. Answer: A lasting change in neural or behavioral function
due to experience, development, or injury
⩥ Learning vs Memory. Answer: Learning is acquisition while memory
is storage over time
⩥ Nativism. Answer: The view that knowledge is innate
⩥ Empiricism. Answer: The view that knowledge is acquired through
experience
⩥ Tabula Rasa. Answer: The idea that the mind begins as a blank slate
⩥ Nature vs Nurture. Answer: Debate over innate versus learned
influences on behavior
,⩥ Plato. Answer: Nativist philosopher who proposed the Doctrine of
Anamnesis
⩥ Doctrine of Anamnesis. Answer: Plato's idea that learning is
recollection of innate knowledge
⩥ Aristotle. Answer: Early empiricist who proposed laws of association
⩥ Law of Similarity. Answer: Things similar to one another become
associated
⩥ Law of Contrast. Answer: Opposite experiences become associated
⩥ Law of Contiguity. Answer: Events experienced together become
associated
⩥ Law of Frequency. Answer: More frequent pairings strengthen
associations
⩥ Descartes. Answer: Proposed mind-body dualism
⩥ Dualism. Answer: Distinction between physical body and nonphysical
mind
, ⩥ Extended Substance. Answer: Descartes' term for physical matter that
occupies space and follows mechanistic laws
⩥ Unextended Substance. Answer: Descartes' term for the non-physical
mind or soul that does not occupy space
⩥ Mind-Body Problem. Answer: Problem of explaining how mental and
physical substances interact
⩥ Reflexology (Descartes). Answer: View that some behaviors are
automatic and mechanistic
⩥ Implication of Dualism. Answer: Some behaviors can be studied
scientifically without invoking the mind
⩥ Infrahuman Species. Answer: Non-human animals used to study basic
behavioral laws
⩥ Materialism. Answer: View that mental processes arise entirely from
physical systems
⩥ de La Mettrie. Answer: Materialist philosopher who viewed the mind
as a machine
2026 QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED
A+
⩥ Memory. Answer: The retention of learned information over time
⩥ Plasticity. Answer: A lasting change in neural or behavioral function
due to experience, development, or injury
⩥ Learning vs Memory. Answer: Learning is acquisition while memory
is storage over time
⩥ Nativism. Answer: The view that knowledge is innate
⩥ Empiricism. Answer: The view that knowledge is acquired through
experience
⩥ Tabula Rasa. Answer: The idea that the mind begins as a blank slate
⩥ Nature vs Nurture. Answer: Debate over innate versus learned
influences on behavior
,⩥ Plato. Answer: Nativist philosopher who proposed the Doctrine of
Anamnesis
⩥ Doctrine of Anamnesis. Answer: Plato's idea that learning is
recollection of innate knowledge
⩥ Aristotle. Answer: Early empiricist who proposed laws of association
⩥ Law of Similarity. Answer: Things similar to one another become
associated
⩥ Law of Contrast. Answer: Opposite experiences become associated
⩥ Law of Contiguity. Answer: Events experienced together become
associated
⩥ Law of Frequency. Answer: More frequent pairings strengthen
associations
⩥ Descartes. Answer: Proposed mind-body dualism
⩥ Dualism. Answer: Distinction between physical body and nonphysical
mind
, ⩥ Extended Substance. Answer: Descartes' term for physical matter that
occupies space and follows mechanistic laws
⩥ Unextended Substance. Answer: Descartes' term for the non-physical
mind or soul that does not occupy space
⩥ Mind-Body Problem. Answer: Problem of explaining how mental and
physical substances interact
⩥ Reflexology (Descartes). Answer: View that some behaviors are
automatic and mechanistic
⩥ Implication of Dualism. Answer: Some behaviors can be studied
scientifically without invoking the mind
⩥ Infrahuman Species. Answer: Non-human animals used to study basic
behavioral laws
⩥ Materialism. Answer: View that mental processes arise entirely from
physical systems
⩥ de La Mettrie. Answer: Materialist philosopher who viewed the mind
as a machine
