32 Questions
What is the strength of gravity compared to the strong interaction?
Approximately 1038 times weaker
What is the primary influence of gravity at the subatomic level?
No significant influence
What does gravity give to physical objects on Earth?
Weight
What biological function does gravity have?
Guides the growth of plants through gravitropism
What did the gravitational attraction between gaseous matter in the universe cause?
Formation of stars and galaxies
How does the range of gravity change as objects get farther away?
Effects become weaker
According to the general theory of relativity, how is gravity most accurately described?
As the curvature of spacetime caused by the uneven distribution of mass
What did Aristotle believe about the nature and mechanism of gravity?
The Earth attracts all mass in the Universe towards it because it is the center of the Universe
What did Plutarch predict about the attraction of gravity?
That gravity is not unique to the Earth
What did Archimedes discover about gravity?
The center of gravity of a triangle
What is the most extreme example of spacetime curvature according to the text?
Black hole
Which theory is currently being developed to unify gravity with quantum mechanics?
Quantum gravity theory
What does Newton's law of universal gravitation describe gravity as?
A force causing any two bodies to be attracted toward each other
What is the mutual attraction between all masses in the universe called?
Gravity
How is gravity well-approximated for most applications?
By Newton's law of universal gravitation
What did Einstein propose in 1915 to describe gravity?
The curvature of spacetime caused by mass distribution
What is the primary focus of psychology?
Understanding behavior and mental processes
Which term best describes psychologists who study the emergent properties of brains?
Biological psychologists
What area of study is NOT within the scope of psychology?
Cultural anthropology
Which aspect of psychology involves research on perception, cognition, and emotion?
Cognitive psychology
What do some psychologists aim to understand regarding individual and social behavior?
Role of mental functions
Which term best describes researchers who explore the physiological and neurobiological processes underlying cognitive functions and behaviors?
Biological psychologists
What is the etymological root of the word 'psychology'?
Psyche
In what year was the word 'psychology' first used in its Latin form psychiologia?
1520
Who defined psychology as 'the science of mental life, both of its phenomena and their conditions' in 1890?
William James
What did John B. Watson assert about the discipline of psychology in 1913?
It is a natural science
What did William James implicate more strongly by defining 'psychology'?
Scientific experimentation
What does 'folk psychology' refer to?
Understanding of mental states and behaviors by ordinary people
In what year did Steven Blankaart make the earliest known reference to the word 'psychology' in English?
1694
What did William James define as the goal of psychology in 1890?
'Prediction and control of behavior'
'Ψ (psi)', the first letter of the Greek word psyche, is commonly associated with which field?
'Psychology'
Which Croatian humanist and Latinist first employed the word 'psychiologia' in its Latin form?
Marko Marulić
Explore the fundamental interaction of gravity in physics, its weak strength compared to other fundamental forces, and its significance on a macroscopic scale. Learn about the mutual attraction between objects with mass and the role of gravity in the universe.
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