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Psych 314 Exam 1 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- PSYC 314
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- Towson University
Psych 314 Exam 1 Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Psych 314 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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the study of mental processes by which humans learn about the world and
interact with the world ANS✔✔ cognitive psychology
the first rationalist ANS✔✔ plato
the belief that opinions and actions should be based on reason and
knowledge ANS✔✔ rationalism
people are born with all intellectual abilities they need for the rest of their
lives ANS✔✔ nativism
plato asks a servant a series of leading questions that cause the servant to
"discover" the pythagorean theorem ANS✔✔ "meno" (~385 BC)
plato ANS✔✔ 428-348 BC
Aristotle ANS✔✔ 384-322 BC
the theory that all knowledge is derived from experience ANS✔✔ empiricism
According to Aristotle, we gain knowledge by observing the world; that is,
by ANS✔✔ empirical observation
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argued that we can be fooled by our senses and must rely on pure logic as
the basis for knowledge ANS✔✔ rene descartes
Rene Descartes (1596-1650) ANS✔✔ rationalist
John Locke (1632-1704) ANS✔✔ empiricist
argued that our minds begin as a "tabula rasa" and that we learn simply by
forming associations between primitive sensory inputs ANS✔✔ John locke
Created a synthesis between rationalism and empiricism ANS✔✔ Immanuel
Kant
Immanuel Kant ANS✔✔ 1724-1804
argued that neither pure empiricism nor pure rationalism is sufficient
ANS✔✔ Immanuel Kant
need basic rules so one can organize experiences into knowledge ANS✔✔
pure concepts of the understanding
advocated introspection as a means of discovering the basic structures of
the mind ANS✔✔ Wilhelm Wundt
problem with Wilhem Wundt ANS✔✔ lack of replication
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