Questions -
1. The idea that human behavior is governed by a physical component and a non physical (i.e., spiritual) component is referred to as ____________.
dualism
materialism
empiricism
rationalism
2. What does Luigi Galvani's research with applied electrical currents suggest?
The brain is not divided into areas for specific tasks.
Human behaviour is caused by electrochemical processes.
Human behaviour is a combination of mechanical and spiritual components.
The brain is divided into areas for specific tasks.
3. Who is credited with the development of Cartesian Dualism?
Luigi Galvani
Rene Descartes
James Mills
John Locke
4. What philosophical view of human behavior is best supported by the work of Paul Broca?
Empiricism
Dualism
Existentialism
Materialism
5. We can study human behaviour scientifically because it is determined by _________.
natural laws
religious ideals
philosophical principles
past experiences
6. According to materialism, what is the cause of human behaviour?
Emotional states
Physical mechanisms
Spiritual induction
Internal motivations
7. Determining whether something is true or false by observing it through experimentation is called _____________.
philosophy
empiricism
naturalism
inference
8. What psychological principle would you be demonstrating if you were asked to hold a weight in either hand and determine which one weighed more?
Just noticeable difference
Stimulus intensity threshold
Just perceived difference
Noticeable difference threshold
9. What was William James main contribution to the field of Psychology?
Generating and publishing ideas about psychological topics
Conducting the first laboratory based research experiments
Measuring the speed of neural transmission rate
Training observers how to perform introspection
10. Who is recognized as being the first psychologist?
Wilhelm Wundt
Hermann Von Helmholtz
Ernst Weber
Sigmund Freud
11. Introspection is a technique wherein a person reflects upon and reports their personal experience. Early scientists criticized this technique because it was ____________.
Indirect and subjective
Indirect and objective
Direct and subjective
Direct and objective
12. Who argued that the psyche contained three components called the Id, Ego, and Super-ego?
Erik Erikson
Wilhelm Wundt
Sigmund Freud
Carl Jung
13. According to Freud, psychological problems arise from conflict between the __________ and the ________."
Id; Ego
Conscious; Subconscious
Super-ego; Ego
Super-ego; Id
14. According to Freud, what is the part of our psyche that is instinctually driven by our basic needs, wants and desires?
Super-ego
Conscience
Ego
Id
15. According to Freud, what is the part of the psyche that attempts to balance immediate gratification and societal norms?
Id
Preconscious
Ego
Super-ego
16. What is the best way to describe Freuds approach to psychology?
Epistemological
Medical
Scientific
Empirical
17. According to Freud, what is the part of our psyche that is most interested in maintaining societal norms and decency?
Id
Personality
Super-ego
Ego