PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm Exam with Answers
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PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm Exam with Answers
1. Of the following, who would be most likely to take
the position that humans are responsible for their
actions?
2. emphasizes the works of indi-
viduals who most prominently contributed to a topic
such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, ...
PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm Exam with Answers
1. Of the following, who would be most likely to take Non determinist
the position that humans are responsible for their and soft determin-
actions? ist
2. emphasizes the works of indi- The Great-person
viduals who most prominently contributed to a topic approach.
such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Darwin of Freud
in
3. The approach which shows how various individuals Historical Devel-
or events contributed to change in an idea or concept opment
throughout the years.
4. Popper believed that the problem with observations it is selective.
was that
5. Poppers believed that there was three stages of ober- view of the prob-
vations lem, theories (pro-
posed solutions),
and criticism
6. Kuhn refers to Normal Science as Mopping-up oper-
ation of paradigm.
7. Following a paradigm, scientists explore in depth Normal Science
problems defined by the paradigm and utilize the
techniques suggested by the paradigm while explor-
ing those problems.
8. The theory in which all scientific theory must be able Principle of Falsifi-
to be proven false in order for it to be considered ability
scientific
9. explains the reason Popper though Principle of Fal-
that empirical observation was too vague and un- safibility
refutability.
10. The potential of theory being incorrect. Popper be- Risky Prediction
lieves this is a must to be scientific
, PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm Exam with Answers
11. Popper believes that in order to of a theory to be Risky Predictions.
scientific they must include
12. The theory in which you make sense of a theory or Post-diction
explain a phenomenon after it has occurred
13. Popper thought that empirical observation gave the Scientists just
notion that wonder around
observing and ex-
plaining what they
observe
14. Popper that scientific activity starts with Disagree
empirical observation.
15. Emphasizes the influence s of other factors such as Zeitgeist
political, technology, and economic conditions.
16. A combination of and Presentism and
is used to understand history. Historicism
17. The focus of looking at the past for it's own sake. Historicism
18. The focus on looking at psychology today and at- Presentism
tempting to show how it become that way.
19. The stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, per- Soft Determinist
ceptions, values, and goals as determinants of behav-
ior.
20. For Aristotle, sensory experience was necessary but
not sufficient for
attaining knowl-
edge
21. According to Aristotle, we perceive environmental their movement in-
objects because: fluences a medi-
um, which in turn
stimulates one or
, PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm Exam with Answers
more of the five
senses
22. Protagorus, the best known Sophist, presented the what is truth is
Sophist's position. Which of the following is not rep- not affected by
resentative of the position? the cultterm-5ure
in which one lives
23. Socrates used the method of to determine what inductive defini-
all examples of a concept such as beauty had in tion
common.
24. The force that transforms matter into a particular form efficient
is its cause.
25. stresses the emotional or unconscious determi- Irrationalism
nants of human behavior.
26. The study of knowledge is called: epistemology
27. The contention that what we experience mentally ac- naive realism
curately reflects the physical world is called:
28. Philosophy began: when logos re-
placed mythos
29. The allegory of the cave demonstrates: how difficult it is
to deliver humans
from ignorance
30. Plato believed that the ideal society would be gov- philosopher-kings
erned by:
31. For Aristotle, sensory experience: is necessary but
not sufficient for
attaining knowl-
edge
32. According to St. Augustine, humans can have con-
ceptions of the past and future because:
, PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm Exam with Answers
of the remnants
of sensory experi-
ences
33. What was a goal of St.Thomas Aquinas? To strengthen the
position of the
church through
reason
34. Copernicus argued that: the earth revolves
around the sun
(heliocentric theo-
ry)
35. According to the work of Galileo, which set best illus- primary quality:
trates the concepts of primary quality and secondary size; secondary
quality? quality: color
36. According to Galileo, secondary qualities: cannot be mea-
sured objectively
37. Galileo was among the first to suggest that: a science of
psychology (con-
scious experi-
ence) was impos-
sible
38. According to Bacon, science should utilize: only the direct ob-
servation of nature
39. History has shown that Bacon's inductive approach Skinner
to science was largely ignored. However, and his
followers adopted Bacon's philosophy of science.
40. Concerning the mind-body relationship, Descartes interactionism
proposed:
41. Descartes believed that: the mind is non-
material
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