Test Bank for A History of Psychology, 8th Edition Leahey (All Chapters included)
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Complete Test Bank for A History of Psychology: From Antiquity to Modernity , 8th Edition by Thomas Hardy Leahey ; ISBN13: 9781138652422. (Full Chapters included Chapter 1 to 14)....
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. The Legacy of Ancient Greece EEA – 323 BCE.
Chapter 3. Antiquity: 323 BCE t...
A History of Psychology
8th Edition
by Thomas Hardy Leahey
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, A HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
From Antiquity to Modernity
Ch 01 8e
Multiple Choice Questions
1. While the conceptual foundations of psychology came from philosophy, the
inspiration for the creation of an independent science of psychology came from:
a. Mathematics
b. Biology
c. Chemistry
d. Religion
2. Isaac Newton’s critics argued that he never explained how gravity actually worked.
Newton’s response was “Hypotheses non fingo”, which essentially means:
a. I am nothing like a positivist
b. I do not feign hypotheses
c. I hypothesize that you have not understood my calculations.
d. The spirit of the times is my guide to reason.
3. Which of the following is NOT a primary function of science according to the
positivists (e.g. Auguste Comte)?
a. description c. prediction
b. control d. explanation
4. According to Karl Popper, a discipline that claims to be a science is really a
pseudoscience like astrology if it:
a. can offer no facts in its support c. gives rise to no experiments
b. offers no refutable predictions d. is not true
5. Positivism and Popper's philosophy of science share a common flaw:
a. Neither is true to the way science is actually practiced.
b. Both pay too much attention to the content of theories.
c. Both pay too much attention to the truth or falsity of theories.
d. Both are too concerned with the social impact of science.
6. According to the semantic approach to theories, scientific theory is not directly
about the real world. It is really about:
a. ideals of natural order c. experimental situations
b. a paradigm d. an idealized model of the world
7. One innovative aspect of T. S. Kuhn’s analysis of science was that it:
a. argued that science was truly from c. stressed the social nature of
the view of Nowhere science
b. rejected the idea of paradigms in d. stressed the need for ideal
science. experiments
8. In a Kuhn’s view of science, __________ provides scientists with a blueprint and
foundation for scientific enterprises.
a. the covering law c. anomalies
b. the falsification test d. a paradigm
, A HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
From Antiquity to Modernity
Ch 01 8e
9. Problems for Kuhn's analysis of science include:
a. little historical evidence for change in a revolutionary manner.
b. his own retreat from the theme of revolution in his analysis.
c. all of the above.
d. none of the above.
10. Sir Karl Popper formulated his demarcation criterion as a rule:
a. for telling real science from fake science.
b. for understanding paradigm shifts in science.
c. for predicting "micro-revolutions" in economics.
d. for understanding the historiography of psychology.
11. When two scientific theories clash over their ability to explain some phenomena
there are two possible outcomes. One of these outcomes is when one theory is right
and the other is wrong and the wrong theory is discarded. This outcome is known
as:
a. replacement
b. falsification
c. naturalism
d. reduction
12. In terms of how science changes, one could argue that Historian Thomas Kuhn’s
analysis uses a ___________ approach that emphasis the human dimension of
science. In contrast, Sir Karl Popper offered an interesting theory of scientific
change because Popper tackles the question of how science changes from a
________ rather than a historical point of view.
a. epistemological, syntactic
b. syntactic, epistemological
c. Whiggish, naturalistic
d. naturalistic, normative
13. Which of the following is most clearly a reason-as opposed to a cause-for Bill
murdering Sam?
a. Bill was high on PCP (Phencyclidine) at the time.
b. Bill wanted to marry Sam's wife.
c. Bill had a brain tumor.
d. Bill had schizophrenia and thought Sam was a dangerous Martian invader.
14. Popper’s demarcation criterion of falsifiability runs into two difficulties. One of
which is?
a. historical Zeitgeists
b. scientific theories actually compete with each other as well as with
nature.
c. it does not agree with the Nomological Approach
d. none of these
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