CSULB PSY332 Human Cognition Exam 1 fully solved 2024/2025

CSULB PSY332 Human Cognition Exam 1Rene Descartes () - correct answer French philosopher that argued for dualism between mind and body His view was that your brain has machinery, but decision-making is a separate process Rationalism - correct answer belief in reason and logic as the primary source of knowledge Dualism - correct answer seeing mind and body as two different things that interact; 'mind and body are separate' problem with Descartes' view - correct answer 'turtles all the way down' - who is controlling the controller - who is God? Any psychological theory must explain mind and body as one thing Titchener and Wundt - correct answer Structuralism: use of self-observation - To understand the structure of thoughts by Describing them in detail (quality, intensity, clearness, etc.) William James and Functionalism - correct answer said mental components are described by their function only; most psychology now, which studies processes rather than content (the function) Functionalism: what is a mouse trap? - correct answer the functionalist definition is that it is a thing that traps mice according to structuralists, what is the mind? - correct answer Its components: the basic sensations, images, and affective sates; each described by its Intensity, Clarity, Quality, and Duration