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What is the mind-brain problem?

What is the relationship between the mind and the brain?

Who proposed that the mind and brain interact at a single point in space?

Descartes (correct)

Aristotle

Kant

Plato

Current philosophers and scientists reject the idea of dualism.

True

What do biological explanations of behavior relate to?

The activity of the brain and other organs. Signup and view all the answers

Which perspective argues that everything that exists is material or physical?

Materialism Signup and view all the answers

The belief that minds and bodies are different kinds of substances is known as ______.

dualism Signup and view all the answers

What is monism?

The belief that the universe consists of only one kind of substance. Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'ontogenetic' refer to in biological psychology?

How a structure or behavior develops. Signup and view all the answers

What is a possible explanation for the evolutionary appearance of goosebumps?

Makes a frightened animal look larger Signup and view all the answers

What is the mind-brain problem?

What is the relationship between the mind and the brain? Signup and view all the answers

Which philosopher proposed that the mind and brain interact at a single point in space?

Rene Descartes Signup and view all the answers

Dualism is the belief that the mind and body are different kinds of substances that exist independently.

True Signup and view all the answers

What is monism?

The belief that the universe consists of only one kind of substance. Signup and view all the answers

What is the evolutionary perspective in biological psychology?

It reconstructs the evolutionary history of a structure or behavior. Signup and view all the answers

Match the following concepts in biological psychology:

Physiological = Relates behavior to brain activity. Ontogenetic = Influence of genes, nutrition, and experiences. Evolutionary = Reconstructs the evolutionary history of behavior. Functional = Describes why a structure or behavior evolved. Signup and view all the answers