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TB6 Chapter 1 Multiple Choice
45. The modern view that the subjective experience of having a mind is the result of brain activity can be traced to which philosopher?
a. Hobbes b. Kant c. Descartes d. Locke
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ANSWER: a a. studying whether the physical closeness of an authority figure impacts obedience b. helping students and parents adjust to the demands of a new school c. maximizing efficiency of school employees d. studying the ways in which the school setting influences memory retention
46. Sarah is a school psychologist. Which work is she MOST likely engaged in?
ANSWER: b
47. Psychologists typically believe that mental phenomena can be explained in terms of: a. the physical processes that produce them. b. how they are isolated from the mind. c. the impact they have on the rest of the body. d. the nonphysical mind interacting with the pineal gland in the brain.
ANSWER: a
48. To most psychologists today, physical processes in the brain result in: a. mental phenomena like attention, memory, belief and emotion. b. no changes anywhere in the body, because the brain and body are separate. c. exact copies of information that enter through the senses. d. the nonphysical mind interacting with the pineal gland in the brain.
ANSWER: a a. The scientific method cannot be applied to the study of thinking and emotion. b. Mental processes are nonphysical entities that control the brain and body. c. Mental processes such as thought and attention arise from brain functioning. d. Mental processes cannot be studied because they cannot be observed.
49. Clive is currently a psychologist who still largely believes in philosophical materialism. Which of these BEST summarizes what Clive believes?
ANSWER: c
50. Sam is a modern scholar of psychological science. Sam is likely to believe: a. the scientific method cannot be applied to the study of thinking and emotion. b. thoughts, feelings, and behavior arise from electrical and chemical events in the brain.
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TB6 Chapter 1 Multiple Choice
c. psychologists should confine their analyses to the study of observable behavior.
d. mental processes are the only subject matter worthy of study in psychology.
ANSWER: b
51. Kant advocated the philosophical views of: a. empiricism and idealism. b. nativism and idealism. c. dualism and realism. d. materialism and idealism.
ANSWER: b
52. Katya feels a cold breeze. She believes that the perception of this breeze arises from the brain's interpretation of information from the sensory organs. This is most consistent with: a. philosophical idealism. b. philosophical realism. c. empiricism. d. nativism.
ANSWER: a
53. Deiondre believes that philosophical idealism drives perception. While he reads a book, he is most likely to assert that: a. his perceptions of the page are a result of the light bouncing from the page into his eye only. b. the pictures of the page produced by the eye accurately depict the world. c. the light bouncing from the page into his eye is irrelevant for his perception of this page. d. the light bouncing from the page into his eye and other information his brain has about the world combine to create a full perception of the page.
ANSWER: d
54. Xue does not believe that we have a nonphysical mind. Rather, he believes that the mind is what the brain does. His views are MOST similar to those of: a. Locke. b. Kant. c. Ryle. d. Hobbes.
ANSWER: d
55. Amaya believes that certain kinds of knowledge are innate or inborn. This is a theory known as: a. functionalism. b. nativism. c. philosophical empiricism. d. structuralism.
ANSWER: b
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