PSYC 375 MIDTERM PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
The approach to writing a history of psychology that combines the best of several
approaches is referred to as - Answer -Electicism
Persistent observations that a currently accepted paradigm cannot explain is called -
Answer -An anomaly
Popper disagrees with the traditional view that scientific activity starts with - Answer -
Empirical observation
Explaining phenomena after they have already occurred is called - Answer -Post diction
According to the author of your text, contemporary psychology is - Answer -A
multiparadigmatic science
The position that states that mental and physiological reactions are two aspects the
same experience and cannot be separated is called - Answer -Double aspectism
The contention that what we experience mentally accurately reflects the physical world
is called - Answer -Naive realism
A currently popular way of explaining mind-body relationships that claims mental states
emerge from brain activity is called - Answer -Emergentism
Which of the following is not part of the traditional view of science? - Answer -
Assumption of dualism
Which of the following represents a dualistic position on the mind-body question? -
Answer -Epiphenomenalism
Plato believed that the ideal society would be governed by - Answer -Philosopher kings
According to Aristotle, the unmoved mover - Answer -Set nature in motion and did little
else
Aquinas's great achievement was the - Answer -Reconciliation of faith and reason
Aristotle's philosophy was highly influential in ____ during the so-called Dark Ages. -
Answer -the Arab world
According to Aristotle, the ______ kept an object moving or developing in its prescribed
direction until its full potential was reached - Answer -Entelechy
, According to Aristotle, the ultimate goal of humans was to - Answer -Engage in active
reasoning
According to Aristotle, ______ possess a soul - Answer -All living things
The particular form or pattern of an object is its _____ cause - Answer -Formal
To remove inconsistencies in church dogma, Abelard used - Answer -The dialectic
method
For Aristotle, sensory experience - Answer -Was necessary but not sufficient for
attaining knowledge
Newton believed all of the following except - Answer -Because God created the
universe, physical events can be understood in terms of their purpose
History has shown that Bacon's inductive approach to science was largely ignored.
However, _____ and his followers adopted Bacon's philosophy of science. - Answer -
Skinner
Galileo was among the first to conclude that - Answer -A science of psychology
(conscious experience) was impossible
All of the following were reasons that Kepler accepted Copernicus's heliocentric theory
except - Answer -Kepler believed that Copernicus's theory gave humans a favoured
place in the universe
Descartes followed all of the following rules while seeking certainty except - Answer -
Always proceed from the general to the specific
According to Galileo, all of the following were true of secondary qualities except -
Answer -They are the only qualities of which we can be certain
Deduction involves - Answer -Predicting a particular event from a general principle
Which of the following was not a factor in the acceptance of objective study of nature
due to the weakening of church authority? - Answer -The embracing of Aristotle's
empirical views
Newton believed all of the following about the universe except that - Answer -It was too
complex to be understood by anyone but God
According to Renaissance humanists, Aristotle's philosophy had - Answer -Become too
influential within the church
ANSWERS
The approach to writing a history of psychology that combines the best of several
approaches is referred to as - Answer -Electicism
Persistent observations that a currently accepted paradigm cannot explain is called -
Answer -An anomaly
Popper disagrees with the traditional view that scientific activity starts with - Answer -
Empirical observation
Explaining phenomena after they have already occurred is called - Answer -Post diction
According to the author of your text, contemporary psychology is - Answer -A
multiparadigmatic science
The position that states that mental and physiological reactions are two aspects the
same experience and cannot be separated is called - Answer -Double aspectism
The contention that what we experience mentally accurately reflects the physical world
is called - Answer -Naive realism
A currently popular way of explaining mind-body relationships that claims mental states
emerge from brain activity is called - Answer -Emergentism
Which of the following is not part of the traditional view of science? - Answer -
Assumption of dualism
Which of the following represents a dualistic position on the mind-body question? -
Answer -Epiphenomenalism
Plato believed that the ideal society would be governed by - Answer -Philosopher kings
According to Aristotle, the unmoved mover - Answer -Set nature in motion and did little
else
Aquinas's great achievement was the - Answer -Reconciliation of faith and reason
Aristotle's philosophy was highly influential in ____ during the so-called Dark Ages. -
Answer -the Arab world
According to Aristotle, the ______ kept an object moving or developing in its prescribed
direction until its full potential was reached - Answer -Entelechy
, According to Aristotle, the ultimate goal of humans was to - Answer -Engage in active
reasoning
According to Aristotle, ______ possess a soul - Answer -All living things
The particular form or pattern of an object is its _____ cause - Answer -Formal
To remove inconsistencies in church dogma, Abelard used - Answer -The dialectic
method
For Aristotle, sensory experience - Answer -Was necessary but not sufficient for
attaining knowledge
Newton believed all of the following except - Answer -Because God created the
universe, physical events can be understood in terms of their purpose
History has shown that Bacon's inductive approach to science was largely ignored.
However, _____ and his followers adopted Bacon's philosophy of science. - Answer -
Skinner
Galileo was among the first to conclude that - Answer -A science of psychology
(conscious experience) was impossible
All of the following were reasons that Kepler accepted Copernicus's heliocentric theory
except - Answer -Kepler believed that Copernicus's theory gave humans a favoured
place in the universe
Descartes followed all of the following rules while seeking certainty except - Answer -
Always proceed from the general to the specific
According to Galileo, all of the following were true of secondary qualities except -
Answer -They are the only qualities of which we can be certain
Deduction involves - Answer -Predicting a particular event from a general principle
Which of the following was not a factor in the acceptance of objective study of nature
due to the weakening of church authority? - Answer -The embracing of Aristotle's
empirical views
Newton believed all of the following about the universe except that - Answer -It was too
complex to be understood by anyone but God
According to Renaissance humanists, Aristotle's philosophy had - Answer -Become too
influential within the church
