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EXAM QUESTIONS 2.3 History and Methods of Psychology
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1. Which of the following descriptions does not apply to Plato?a. Nativist
b. Rationalist
c. Empiricist
d. Idealist
2. What best matches Locke’s beliefs?
a. The human mind is a “tabula rasa”
b. The mind is essentially comprised of computational states
c. Man can only realise his true potential in knowledge through his (homoerotic) relationship
with his teacher
d. Cogito, Ergo Sum (I think, therefore I am)
3. Which philosopher was heavily impacted by Darwinian philosophy, describing consciousness by
its evolutionary and adaptive use?
a. Freud
b. Hume
c. Aristotle
d. Locke
4. What is a problem that arises from both Plato’s and Descartes’s teachings?
a. The problem of absent qualia
b. They held inconsistent beliefs throughout their careers
c. The homunculus problem
d. Al of the above
5. In philosophy and psychology, there is a problem whereby it is unclear how the physical and
non-physical aspects of organisms interact. What is this problem called?
a. The mind-mind problem
b. The connection problem
c. Interactionism
d. The mind-body problem
6. How does Ryle describe the mind-body problem?
a. As one that will never be resolved unless scientists take a rationalist approach
b. As a “category mistake”
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