Soul Beliefs Exam 3 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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Soul Beliefs Exam 3 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A good scientific theory - Correct Answer- provides an explanation for a large number of
findings in the natural world.
What are the arguments people give for the existence of the soul according to the lecture? -
Correct Answer- ...
Soul Beliefs Exam 3 UPDATED Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
A good scientific theory - Correct Answer- provides an explanation for a large number of
findings in the natural world.
What are the arguments people give for the existence of the soul according to the lecture? -
Correct Answer- First person arguments, death or near death experiences, and unexplained
experiences
How does the notion of the "soul" create logical inconsistencies? - Correct Answer- There is a
problem with an immaterial substance, such as the soul, interacting with our physical world
Seeing the world as it is, trusting our perceptions, and going with our "gut" instinct tend to
serve us well but can also fool us. This is known as - Correct Answer- naive realism
Assertions about the existence of God, the soul, and the afterlife are referred to as
___________ assertions that are not testable. - Correct Answer- Metaphysical
What is released during a near-death experience that can cause peaceful feelings? - Correct
Answer- Endogenous Opioids
What is naïve realism? - Correct Answer- People believe their perceptions are direct
interpretations of their senses
If somebody makes an extraordinary claim, most scientists would - Correct Answer- Require
extraordinary evidence to support the claim.
The primary difference between correlational studies and experimental research is - Correct
Answer- One or more variables are manipulated in experimental studies. That is not the case
in correlational research.
Occam's Razor is - Correct Answer- rule of parsimony.
, Which of these functions do emotional expressions serve? - Correct Answer- They
communicate our likely behaviors to other people.
What are pancultural expressions of emotion? - Correct Answer- The universal expressions of
emotion which are psychological and biological.
Some researchers suggest that ___________ help(s) to determine how people experience and
label an emotion. - Correct Answer- facial expressions
Which level of survival did Gage have trouble with after his injury? - Correct Answer-
Psychological
In what way does damage to the prefrontal cortex (anterior cingulate) interfere with decision
making? - Correct Answer- The damage makes it difficult to imagine feeling positive or
negative when making choices.
What are social emotions? - Correct Answer- Emotions that we have about others and our
relationships with others
How did William James suggest one can change their emotional state? - Correct Answer-
Acting as if you feel the emotion.
Following damage to the prefrontal cortex, patients such as Eliott; have experienced
impairments of emotional feeling. How did that impairment affect their reasoning? - Correct
Answer- They had trouble making decisions and following plans.
In which part of the Triune brain does the limbic system reside? - Correct Answer-
Paleomammalian
Animals seem to be biologically prewired to more easily learn behaviors that are related to
their survival as a species. This is termed ____. - Correct Answer- Biological preparedness
"Emotional intelligence" is localized to the - Correct Answer- frontal lobe
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