Athabasca PSYC 375 Unit 1 Terms and Definitions
Questions With Complete Solutions
6 reasons to study psychology Correct Answer 1. perspective
2. deeper understanding
3. recognition of fads and fashions
4. avoiding repetition of mistakes
5. source of valuable ideas
6. curiosity
a source of valuable ideas Correct Answer may discover ideas
were developed earlier but remained dominant for some reason.
Alcmaeon Correct Answer -believed in naturalistic medicine
-balance was key to good health
-doctors job was to restore the equilibrium
-brain connected to the sense organs
Anaxagora Correct Answer -infinite number of elements
(seeds)
-everything was originally mixed together
-mind is pure and contains no other elements
Anaximander Correct Answer didn't want people to eat fish
bc he saw them as our ancestors (mothers and fathers according
to the theory of evolution).
Animals Vs. Humans Correct Answer - no distinctions are
made (15,000years ago)
-
, Animism Correct Answer looking at all objects as if they are
alive
Anomalies Correct Answer persistant observations that
currently accepted paradigms can't explain
Anthropomorphism Correct Answer projection of human
attributes onto nature
avoiding repetitions and mistakes Correct Answer those who
can't remember the past are doomed to repeat it
Beliefs shared by Pythagoreans and Dionysiac-Orphic religion
Correct Answer - saw body as prison the soul tries to escape
-only transmigration of souls and purification would stop the
circle of births
Biological determinism Correct Answer explains behaviour
through physiological conditions and genetic predispositions
Def. the type of determinism that stresses the biochemical
genetic, psychological or anatomical causes of behaviour.
Casual Law Correct Answer describing casual relationships,
allows for predictions and controlled events
Confirmable propositions Correct Answer propositions are
tested and proved through experimentation, then the theory
gains strength. If they are not confirmed by experimentation
then the theory loses strength.
Questions With Complete Solutions
6 reasons to study psychology Correct Answer 1. perspective
2. deeper understanding
3. recognition of fads and fashions
4. avoiding repetition of mistakes
5. source of valuable ideas
6. curiosity
a source of valuable ideas Correct Answer may discover ideas
were developed earlier but remained dominant for some reason.
Alcmaeon Correct Answer -believed in naturalistic medicine
-balance was key to good health
-doctors job was to restore the equilibrium
-brain connected to the sense organs
Anaxagora Correct Answer -infinite number of elements
(seeds)
-everything was originally mixed together
-mind is pure and contains no other elements
Anaximander Correct Answer didn't want people to eat fish
bc he saw them as our ancestors (mothers and fathers according
to the theory of evolution).
Animals Vs. Humans Correct Answer - no distinctions are
made (15,000years ago)
-
, Animism Correct Answer looking at all objects as if they are
alive
Anomalies Correct Answer persistant observations that
currently accepted paradigms can't explain
Anthropomorphism Correct Answer projection of human
attributes onto nature
avoiding repetitions and mistakes Correct Answer those who
can't remember the past are doomed to repeat it
Beliefs shared by Pythagoreans and Dionysiac-Orphic religion
Correct Answer - saw body as prison the soul tries to escape
-only transmigration of souls and purification would stop the
circle of births
Biological determinism Correct Answer explains behaviour
through physiological conditions and genetic predispositions
Def. the type of determinism that stresses the biochemical
genetic, psychological or anatomical causes of behaviour.
Casual Law Correct Answer describing casual relationships,
allows for predictions and controlled events
Confirmable propositions Correct Answer propositions are
tested and proved through experimentation, then the theory
gains strength. If they are not confirmed by experimentation
then the theory loses strength.
