Early Development of Psychology Quiz
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Who were some of the first recorded formal thinkers on the topic of psychology?

  • Hippocrates and Euclid
  • Socrates and Pythagoras
  • Cicero and Seneca
  • Plato and Aristotle (correct)
  • Which term did Aristotle introduce to describe the mind?

  • Cogito ergo sum
  • Carpe diem
  • Veni, vidi, vici
  • Tabula rasa (correct)
  • Who was one of the first to explain psychological disorders as illnesses?

  • Al-Farabi
  • Ali ibn al-abbas al Majusi (correct)
  • Avicenna
  • Ibn Khaldun
  • What did the word 'psychology' originally mean?

    <p>The study of psyche, or soul</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Before the mid 19th century, which disciplines were considered superior to the study of psychology?

    <p>Philosophy, theology, and anatomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was one of the first philosophers to formally think about the nature of thought, sensation, and imagination?

    <p>Aristotle</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the Persian physician who documented efforts to explain psychological disorders as illnesses during the 10th century?

    <p>Haly Abbas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term did Aristotle introduce to describe the mind as a place of potential experience to write upon?

    <p>Tabula rasa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the Persian physician Haly Abbas write during the 10th century that described the neuroanatomy of the brain and discussed mental illnesses and their treatments?

    <p>The Complete Art of Medicine</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What philosophical tradition is the scientific method rooted in, according to the text?

    <p>Empiricism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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