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Empiricism and Determinism in Psychology

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Empiricism and Determinism in Psychology

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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?

Determinism

Dualism

Zeitgeist (correct)

Materialism

Who developed the world’s first personality classification scheme in ancient Greece?

Gustav Fechner

Galen of Pergamon

Hippocrates (correct)

Darwin

What is psychophysics?

The study of the relationship between the physical world and the mental representation of the world Signup and view all the answers

What did Galen of Pergamon refine from Hippocrates’ work?

The world’s first personality classification scheme Signup and view all the answers

What belief implies that humans lacked a self-conscious or a self-controlling soul?

Materialism Signup and view all the answers

What delayed the emergence of psychological science in the 1600s?

'The general set of beliefs of a particular culture at a specific time in history' Signup and view all the answers

Who conducted some of the earliest explorations in scientific psychology?

'Gustav Fechner' Signup and view all the answers

What did Darwin's theory of Natural Selection emphasize in terms of inherited traits?

'Genetically inherited traits that contribute to survival and reproductive success are more likely to survive' Signup and view all the answers

What did ancient Greeks believe influenced both health and personality?

Four humors or fluids Signup and view all the answers

Which field did not become scientific until the late 1800s compared to other sciences emerging around 1600?

Psychology Signup and view all the answers