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What is empiricism?
What is empiricism?
- The belief that humans are composed exclusively of physical matter
- The tendency to be quiet, relaxed, and content with life
- The belief that knowledge comes through experience (correct)
- The belief that all events are governed by lawful, cause-and-effect relationships
What concept delayed the science of psychology from emerging in the 1600s with the other sciences?
What concept delayed the science of psychology from emerging in the 1600s with the other sciences?
- Determinism
- Dualism
- Zeitgeist (correct)
- Materialism
Who developed the world’s first personality classification scheme in ancient Greece?
Who developed the world’s first personality classification scheme in ancient Greece?
- Gustav Fechner
- Galen of Pergamon
- Hippocrates (correct)
- Darwin
What is psychophysics?
What is psychophysics?
What did Galen of Pergamon refine from Hippocrates’ work?
What did Galen of Pergamon refine from Hippocrates’ work?
What belief implies that humans lacked a self-conscious or a self-controlling soul?
What belief implies that humans lacked a self-conscious or a self-controlling soul?
What delayed the emergence of psychological science in the 1600s?
What delayed the emergence of psychological science in the 1600s?
Who conducted some of the earliest explorations in scientific psychology?
Who conducted some of the earliest explorations in scientific psychology?
What did Darwin's theory of Natural Selection emphasize in terms of inherited traits?
What did Darwin's theory of Natural Selection emphasize in terms of inherited traits?
What did ancient Greeks believe influenced both health and personality?
What did ancient Greeks believe influenced both health and personality?
Which field did not become scientific until the late 1800s compared to other sciences emerging around 1600?
Which field did not become scientific until the late 1800s compared to other sciences emerging around 1600?
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