PBSI 340 EXAM 2 SCRIPT 2026 UPDATED
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ learning and memory are both forms of _______. Answer: plasticity
⩥ Plasticity. Answer: a consequence of development, injury, or
experience
⩥ plato is to ______ as aristotle is to _____. Answer: nativism;
empiricism
⩥ Nativism. Answer: all learning is recollection so all knowledge is
innate
⩥ doctrine of anamnesis. Answer: all learning is recollection
⩥ early empiricism. Answer: all knowledge is acquired
⩥ Descartes supported _____. Answer: Dualism
,⩥ what are the two distinct parts of dualism?. Answer: unextended
substance and extended substance
⩥ Unextended substance. Answer: non-physical
Soul, free will
Does not abide by scientific rules
⩥ extended substance. Answer: physical, body, abides by scientific rules
⩥ Implications of Dualism. Answer: some parts of human behavior can
be studied
⩥ Julien Offray de La Mettrie was a ___. Answer: Materialist
⩥ materialists suggest that. Answer: we can derive the laws of the mind;
mind as a machine
⩥ Lloyd Morgan's Canon. Answer: Principle stating that the best
explanation for some behavioral phenomenon was the one with the
fewest unnecessary assumptions
⩥ What are Aristotle's 3 Laws of Association?. Answer: Law of
Similarity, Contrast, and Contiguity
, ⩥ law of similarity. Answer: The experience or recall of one object will
elicit the recall of things similar to that object
⩥ law of contrast. Answer: the experience or recall of one object elicits
the recall of opposite things
⩥ law of contiguity. Answer: the experience or recall of one object will
elicit the recall of things that were originally experienced along with the
object
⩥ law of frequency. Answer: the more frequently two things are
experienced together, the more likely it will be that the experience of
one will stimulate the recall of the second.
⩥ Who was a figure in British Empiricism?. Answer: John Locke
⩥ Tabula Rasa. Answer: "Blank Slate"; knowledge built up through
association of ideas
⩥ Who were the Associationists?. Answer: David Hartley, James Mill,
John Stuart Mill
⩥ What principles of association did David Hartley contribute?. Answer:
contiguity, repetition
QUESTIONS WITH DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
⩥ learning and memory are both forms of _______. Answer: plasticity
⩥ Plasticity. Answer: a consequence of development, injury, or
experience
⩥ plato is to ______ as aristotle is to _____. Answer: nativism;
empiricism
⩥ Nativism. Answer: all learning is recollection so all knowledge is
innate
⩥ doctrine of anamnesis. Answer: all learning is recollection
⩥ early empiricism. Answer: all knowledge is acquired
⩥ Descartes supported _____. Answer: Dualism
,⩥ what are the two distinct parts of dualism?. Answer: unextended
substance and extended substance
⩥ Unextended substance. Answer: non-physical
Soul, free will
Does not abide by scientific rules
⩥ extended substance. Answer: physical, body, abides by scientific rules
⩥ Implications of Dualism. Answer: some parts of human behavior can
be studied
⩥ Julien Offray de La Mettrie was a ___. Answer: Materialist
⩥ materialists suggest that. Answer: we can derive the laws of the mind;
mind as a machine
⩥ Lloyd Morgan's Canon. Answer: Principle stating that the best
explanation for some behavioral phenomenon was the one with the
fewest unnecessary assumptions
⩥ What are Aristotle's 3 Laws of Association?. Answer: Law of
Similarity, Contrast, and Contiguity
, ⩥ law of similarity. Answer: The experience or recall of one object will
elicit the recall of things similar to that object
⩥ law of contrast. Answer: the experience or recall of one object elicits
the recall of opposite things
⩥ law of contiguity. Answer: the experience or recall of one object will
elicit the recall of things that were originally experienced along with the
object
⩥ law of frequency. Answer: the more frequently two things are
experienced together, the more likely it will be that the experience of
one will stimulate the recall of the second.
⩥ Who was a figure in British Empiricism?. Answer: John Locke
⩥ Tabula Rasa. Answer: "Blank Slate"; knowledge built up through
association of ideas
⩥ Who were the Associationists?. Answer: David Hartley, James Mill,
John Stuart Mill
⩥ What principles of association did David Hartley contribute?. Answer:
contiguity, repetition
