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What is the origin of the term 'psychology'?
What is the origin of the term 'psychology'?
Who emphasized the distinction between 'Appearances' and Ideal Forms and founded The Academy as a site of learning and teaching?
Who emphasized the distinction between 'Appearances' and Ideal Forms and founded The Academy as a site of learning and teaching?
Who promoted systematic observation of sensory experience and developed the idea of a hierarchical scale of nature, including the vegetative, sensitive, and rational souls?
Who promoted systematic observation of sensory experience and developed the idea of a hierarchical scale of nature, including the vegetative, sensitive, and rational souls?
Who introduced the idea of mind-body dualism?
Who introduced the idea of mind-body dualism?
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Who rejected Descartes' innate ideas and believed that experience leads to the formation of knowledge and understanding?
Who rejected Descartes' innate ideas and believed that experience leads to the formation of knowledge and understanding?
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Who rejected Locke's strict empirical approach and believed in innate capacities of the mind, including apperception and self-awareness?
Who rejected Locke's strict empirical approach and believed in innate capacities of the mind, including apperception and self-awareness?
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Who proposed the idea of brain localization, correlating brain size/health with mental function, but made many incorrect associations between brain areas and psychological traits?
Who proposed the idea of brain localization, correlating brain size/health with mental function, but made many incorrect associations between brain areas and psychological traits?
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Psychology's Roots in Greek Philosophy and Early Modern Thinkers
- "Psyche" + "logia" refer to the Greek origins of the term "psychology"
- Socrates' approach to mental philosophy was nativism, emphasizing innate properties of the mind
- Plato emphasized the distinction between "Appearances" and Ideal Forms, and founded The Academy as a site of learning and teaching
- Aristotle promoted systematic observation of sensory experience and developed the idea of a hierarchical scale of nature, including the vegetative, sensitive, and rational souls
- Rene Descartes promoted a mechanistic, scientific analysis of the nervous system and brain and introduced the idea of mind-body dualism
- John Locke was a strong empiricist who rejected Descartes' innate ideas and believed that experience leads to the formation of knowledge and understanding
- Gottfried Leibniz rejected Locke's strict empirical approach and believed in innate capacities of the mind, including apperception and self-awareness
- Franz Gall proposed the idea of brain localization, correlating brain size/health with mental function, but made many incorrect associations between brain areas and psychological traits
- Marie-Jean-Pierre Flourens introduced the idea of studying brain function by cutting out parts of it to observe changes in function
- Immanuel Kant distinguished between the noumenal and phenomenal world, and believed in innate intuitions such as space, time, and quantity
- Johannes Muller promoted the law of specific nerve energies, which states that different nerves convey different information, and rejected the idea of vitalism
- Hermann Helmholtz distinguished between sensation and perception, and challenged some of Kant's ideas about innate qualities, while Gustav Theodor Fechner sought a quantitative relationship between the physical and psychological worlds in his book, "Elements of Psychophysics."
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Test your knowledge on the historical roots of psychology with this quiz! From the Greek philosophers who coined the term "psychology" to early modern thinkers like Descartes and Kant, this quiz will challenge your understanding of the key figures and ideas that have shaped the field of psychology. See how much you know about nativism, empiricism, mind-body dualism, brain localization, and more!
