LSU PSYC 4008 Exam 1 Baumeister
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Plato - CORRECT ANSWER - believes in immaterial forms of the ultimate reality
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER - believes in material forms of the ultimate reality
Plato - CORRECT ANSWER - Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought
was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection.
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER - In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize
what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic,
based on the syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry.
Plato - CORRECT ANSWER - was distrustful about the world of appearance
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER - thought that the ultimate reality was the material world
Subjective realm - CORRECT ANSWER - Private and not verifiable
Objective realm - CORRECT ANSWER - Public and verifiable
Subjective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ____________ realm is about humanities and is
not scientific
Objective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ___________ realm is about basic (real) science
and is not psychological.
,Subjective - CORRECT ANSWER - The __________ realm is about agency e.g. uncaused
action (free will).
Objective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ___________ realm is about caused (determined)
action.
Subjective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ___________ realm is qualitative and synthetic
(not reducible).
Objective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ___________ realm is about quantitative and
analytic (reducible).
Mind - CORRECT ANSWER - The subjective realm is about the mind or matter?
Immaterial - CORRECT ANSWER - The subjective realm is about immaterial or material
substance?
Material - CORRECT ANSWER - The objective realm is about immaterial or material
substance?
Matter - CORRECT ANSWER - The objective realm is about the mind or matter?
subject/object dichotomy - CORRECT ANSWER - The __________________ dichotomy
is a massive intellectual problem for psychology!
Metaphysics - CORRECT ANSWER - Branch of philosophy that attempts to understand
the world as it really is
Thales - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is water
, Anaximander - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is an
"indefinite", "unlimited", "primordial stuff" which is unlike anything we can experience but
gives rise to the things in the world
Anaximenes - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is air
Heraclitus - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is
change or flux as represented by fire
Democritus - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is
composed of "bits" of stuff called atoms
History - CORRECT ANSWER - Description of events (what happened), including
(usually) a chronology (dimension of time), and explication of cause and effect based on
evidence
Personalistic and naturalistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 2 theories of
history?
Personalistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER - The person makes the times
Great man theory - CORRECT ANSWER - What is another name for the personalistic
theory?
Naturalistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER - The time makes the person
Zeitgeist - CORRECT ANSWER - the context in which historic events occur
Naturalistic theory This theory includes broad social, cultural, political, and economic, and
intellectual forces that characterized a particular historic period - CORRECT ANSWER -
UPDATED ACTUAL Exam Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Plato - CORRECT ANSWER - believes in immaterial forms of the ultimate reality
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER - believes in material forms of the ultimate reality
Plato - CORRECT ANSWER - Was a disciple of Socrates whose cornerstone of thought
was his theory of Forms, in which there was another world of perfection.
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER - In his philosophical system, which led him to criticize
what he saw as Plato's metaphysical excesses, theory follows empirical observation and logic,
based on the syllogism, is the essential method of rational inquiry.
Plato - CORRECT ANSWER - was distrustful about the world of appearance
Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER - thought that the ultimate reality was the material world
Subjective realm - CORRECT ANSWER - Private and not verifiable
Objective realm - CORRECT ANSWER - Public and verifiable
Subjective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ____________ realm is about humanities and is
not scientific
Objective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ___________ realm is about basic (real) science
and is not psychological.
,Subjective - CORRECT ANSWER - The __________ realm is about agency e.g. uncaused
action (free will).
Objective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ___________ realm is about caused (determined)
action.
Subjective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ___________ realm is qualitative and synthetic
(not reducible).
Objective - CORRECT ANSWER - The ___________ realm is about quantitative and
analytic (reducible).
Mind - CORRECT ANSWER - The subjective realm is about the mind or matter?
Immaterial - CORRECT ANSWER - The subjective realm is about immaterial or material
substance?
Material - CORRECT ANSWER - The objective realm is about immaterial or material
substance?
Matter - CORRECT ANSWER - The objective realm is about the mind or matter?
subject/object dichotomy - CORRECT ANSWER - The __________________ dichotomy
is a massive intellectual problem for psychology!
Metaphysics - CORRECT ANSWER - Branch of philosophy that attempts to understand
the world as it really is
Thales - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is water
, Anaximander - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is an
"indefinite", "unlimited", "primordial stuff" which is unlike anything we can experience but
gives rise to the things in the world
Anaximenes - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is air
Heraclitus - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is
change or flux as represented by fire
Democritus - CORRECT ANSWER - Pre-Socratic who believes the ultimate reality is
composed of "bits" of stuff called atoms
History - CORRECT ANSWER - Description of events (what happened), including
(usually) a chronology (dimension of time), and explication of cause and effect based on
evidence
Personalistic and naturalistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER - What are the 2 theories of
history?
Personalistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER - The person makes the times
Great man theory - CORRECT ANSWER - What is another name for the personalistic
theory?
Naturalistic theory - CORRECT ANSWER - The time makes the person
Zeitgeist - CORRECT ANSWER - the context in which historic events occur
Naturalistic theory This theory includes broad social, cultural, political, and economic, and
intellectual forces that characterized a particular historic period - CORRECT ANSWER -
