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What does the nativist perspective emphasize in explaining origins?
What does the nativist perspective emphasize in explaining origins?
- Role of sensory information
- Role of experience (Nurture)
- Role of inheritance (Nature) (correct)
- Role of active mind
How do rationalists view the process of gaining knowledge?
How do rationalists view the process of gaining knowledge?
- By disregarding mental experiences
- By ignoring sensory information
- By interacting with data and transforming it (correct)
- Through passive recording of experiences
What is epistemology the study of?
What is epistemology the study of?
- The understanding of self
- The study of knowledge (correct)
- The relationship between humans and animals
- The role of inheritance in knowledge
In psychology, what problems are created by seeing the self as autonomous?
In psychology, what problems are created by seeing the self as autonomous?
According to empiricists, what is the first step in learning?
According to empiricists, what is the first step in learning?
What do rationalists believe the mind adds to mental experience?
What do rationalists believe the mind adds to mental experience?
What term is used to describe the belief that causes of human behavior function in an automatic, mechanistic manner?
What term is used to describe the belief that causes of human behavior function in an automatic, mechanistic manner?
Which position is known as nondeterminism?
Which position is known as nondeterminism?
Which perspective argues that personal responsibility is meaningless due to the mechanistic view of human behavior?
Which perspective argues that personal responsibility is meaningless due to the mechanistic view of human behavior?
Who proposed the compromise between hard determinism and free will, suggesting that cognitive processes play a role in behavior?
Who proposed the compromise between hard determinism and free will, suggesting that cognitive processes play a role in behavior?
According to Koch, why should psychology embrace both science and humanities?
According to Koch, why should psychology embrace both science and humanities?
What aspect of psychology does the text suggest depends on the focus to determine if it is considered scientific or not?
What aspect of psychology does the text suggest depends on the focus to determine if it is considered scientific or not?
What distinguishes Correlational Laws from Causal Laws?
What distinguishes Correlational Laws from Causal Laws?
What does the assumption of determinism entail?
What does the assumption of determinism entail?
What was Karl Popper's disagreement with the traditional description of science?
What was Karl Popper's disagreement with the traditional description of science?
What fundamental assumption does science make about what is being investigated?
What fundamental assumption does science make about what is being investigated?
What distinguishes between the two classes of scientific laws mentioned in the text?
What distinguishes between the two classes of scientific laws mentioned in the text?
What three stages did Karl Popper believe were involved in the scientific method?
What three stages did Karl Popper believe were involved in the scientific method?
What is the concept that describes two sides of the same coin?
What is the concept that describes two sides of the same coin?
What is the idea of 'Occasionalism' an occasion for?
What is the idea of 'Occasionalism' an occasion for?
What is the tendancy to believe that because something has a name, it has an independent existence called?
What is the tendancy to believe that because something has a name, it has an independent existence called?
What have Western philosophy and psychology glorified at the expense of emotional experience?
What have Western philosophy and psychology glorified at the expense of emotional experience?
Which of the following perspectives stresses emotional experience over human reasoning?
Which of the following perspectives stresses emotional experience over human reasoning?
What did some equate wisdom with?
What did some equate wisdom with?
What is the primary aim of major research?
What is the primary aim of major research?
What is a potential negative consequence of adhering to a paradigm?
What is a potential negative consequence of adhering to a paradigm?
How does a paradigm guide a researcher's activities?
How does a paradigm guide a researcher's activities?
What is an anomaly in the context of scientific paradigms?
What is an anomaly in the context of scientific paradigms?
What is the typical reaction to a proposed new paradigm?
What is the typical reaction to a proposed new paradigm?
What stage is psychology currently in?
What stage is psychology currently in?
Why is it important to study the history of psychology?
Why is it important to study the history of psychology?
What approach does the textbook take towards explaining the history of psychology?
What approach does the textbook take towards explaining the history of psychology?
How does the political climate affect the acceptance of new ideas, according to the American Psychological Association president?
How does the political climate affect the acceptance of new ideas, according to the American Psychological Association president?
What is one reason provided in the text for why theories in psychology may fade over time?
What is one reason provided in the text for why theories in psychology may fade over time?
What is emphasized when psychology goes from 'Pure Science' to survival and adaptation, to cognitive processes?
What is emphasized when psychology goes from 'Pure Science' to survival and adaptation, to cognitive processes?
What is one potential consequence of students no longer citing old works in psychology?
What is one potential consequence of students no longer citing old works in psychology?
What is the main purpose of a scientific theory?
What is the main purpose of a scientific theory?
Which concept states the relationship between empirical events that is consistently observed?
Which concept states the relationship between empirical events that is consistently observed?
What does science draw on according to the text?
What does science draw on according to the text?
What aspect distinguishes a scientific theory from an unscientific one?
What aspect distinguishes a scientific theory from an unscientific one?
What is the primary source of knowledge according to Empiricism?
What is the primary source of knowledge according to Empiricism?
What does a Scientific Law describe?
What does a Scientific Law describe?
What is the primary distinction between Correlational Laws and Causal Laws?
What is the primary distinction between Correlational Laws and Causal Laws?
What does the assumption of determinism entail?
What does the assumption of determinism entail?
According to Karl Popper, what is the first stage involved in the scientific method?
According to Karl Popper, what is the first stage involved in the scientific method?
What was Karl Popper's disagreement with the traditional description of science?
What was Karl Popper's disagreement with the traditional description of science?
What is the main goal of correlational laws?
What is the main goal of correlational laws?
Which perspective attempts to explain everything in physical terms?
Which perspective attempts to explain everything in physical terms?
What does the text say is the primary aim of major research?
What does the text say is the primary aim of major research?
What is one of the key aspects of science as mentioned in the text?
What is one of the key aspects of science as mentioned in the text?
Which perspective claims that mental states emerge from physical brain states?
Which perspective claims that mental states emerge from physical brain states?
What does the text say the Dualist perspective explains things through?
What does the text say the Dualist perspective explains things through?
What does Epiphenomenalism claim about the relationship between mental events and behavior?
What does Epiphenomenalism claim about the relationship between mental events and behavior?
What does the text say Psychophysical Parallelism claims about the relationship between mental events and bodily responses?
What does the text say Psychophysical Parallelism claims about the relationship between mental events and bodily responses?
What is the view that human behavior can be explained like any machine?
What is the view that human behavior can be explained like any machine?
What is the tendency to believe that something has an independent existence because it has a name?
What is the tendency to believe that something has an independent existence because it has a name?
Which perspective stresses emotional experience over human reasoning?
Which perspective stresses emotional experience over human reasoning?
What is the idea that two types of events are different and separate, but are coordinated by some external agent?
What is the idea that two types of events are different and separate, but are coordinated by some external agent?
What is the view that life can never be reduced to material and mechanical laws, and that people contain some sort of soul?
What is the view that life can never be reduced to material and mechanical laws, and that people contain some sort of soul?
What do some equate wisdom with, according to the text?
What do some equate wisdom with, according to the text?
