PYC 3703 QUESTIONS TEST BANK (Q&A)
1. Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?
a. whether people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy
b. if advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation
c. whether a group of people present affect how much is given to charity
d. if the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school
graduates
ANS: c
2. The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the “best of both
worlds”represents, in dialectical terms, a(n)
a. thesis.
b. antithesis.
c. synthesis.
d. antisynthesis.
ANS: c
3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This statement would
becalled the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: c
4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous beliefs emerges.
Thiscounterstatement would be called the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: a
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was .
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotle
ANS: b
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,6. A rationalist
a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people’s relations to it.
b. is a follower of Aristotle’s empiricist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of monism.
d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and
observation.
ANS: a
7. Rationalism is to as empiricism is to .
a. empirical evidence; theory
b. theory; empirical evidence
c. manipulation; measure
d. hypothesis; theory
ANS: b
8. This particular approach emphasizes logical analysis as the means to acquiring
newknowledge.
a. Tabula rasa
b. Synthesis
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricist
ANS: c
9. An empiricist
a. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
b. is a follower of Plato’s rationalist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of mind-body dualism.
d. believes that the mind and the body are separate
entities.ANS: a
10. This particular approach emphasizes empirical evidence as the means to acquiring
newknowledge.
a. Rationalist
b. Monist
c. Empiricist
d. Nativist
ANS: c
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,11. Theresa, a judge, does not accept circumstantial evidence as evidence in her court.
Theresawill not convict anyone of a crime, based on general principles of anticipated
behavior of people brought to court. Instead, Theresa allows only evidence that she can
see, or “hard,” observational evidence, to be used in a prosecution. Theresa could be
referred to as a(n)
a. Monist
b. Empiricist
c. Rationalist
d. Nativist
ANS: b
12. Elma, an automobile factory worker, learns how to install a car air conditioner by watching
afellow worker install the part. The knowledge Elma has just acquired is
acquired knowledge.
a. experimentally
b. reductively
c. innately
d. empirically
ANS: d
13. Psychology is sometimes viewed as a merging of
a. philosophy and monism.
b. rationalism and physiology.
c. physiology and empiricism.
d. philosophy and physiology.
ANS: d
14. Descartes is known for having been a(n)
a. functionalist.
b. behaviorist.
c. empiricist.
d. rationalist
.
ANS: d
15. A philosopher who largely rejected acquisition of knowledge by empirical means was
a. John Locke.
b. Aristotle.
c. David Hume.
d. René Descartes.
ANS: d
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, 16. Which of the following people supported the rationalist view and largely rejected the
pureempirical view?
a. Kant
b. Aristotle
c. Descartes
d. Locke
ANS: c
17. refers to Locke’s belief that all knowledge is gained empirically, beginning at
birth, when our minds are a blank slate.
a. Innate
b. A priori
c. A posteriori
d. Tabula rasa
ANS: d
18. Immanuel Kant
a. believed in an integration of rationalism and empiricism.
b. rejected completely all forms of rationalism and empiricism.
c. believed only in rationalism.
d. believed only in empiricism.
ANS: a
19. The goal of structuralism was to understand the “content” of the mind by
a. synthesizing constituent parts of perceptions.
b. analyzing perceptions into their constituent parts.
c. observing responses to various stimuli.
d. evaluating other schools of thought to provide a “structure” for the new
movement.
ANS: b
20. Wilhelm Wundt’s idea of involved looking inward at the contents of
one’sconsciousness.
a. projection
b. introversion
c. repression
d. introspection
ANS: d
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1. Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?
a. whether people can pay attention to multiple stimuli at once without losing accuracy
b. if advertising using animation is more memorable than advertising using no animation
c. whether a group of people present affect how much is given to charity
d. if the reading speed of college graduates differs from that of high school
graduates
ANS: c
2. The combination of rational with empirical methods so as to get the “best of both
worlds”represents, in dialectical terms, a(n)
a. thesis.
b. antithesis.
c. synthesis.
d. antisynthesis.
ANS: c
3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This statement would
becalled the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: c
4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous beliefs emerges.
Thiscounterstatement would be called the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatics
ANS: a
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was .
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotle
ANS: b
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,6. A rationalist
a. uses logical analysis to understand the world and people’s relations to it.
b. is a follower of Aristotle’s empiricist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of monism.
d. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and
observation.
ANS: a
7. Rationalism is to as empiricism is to .
a. empirical evidence; theory
b. theory; empirical evidence
c. manipulation; measure
d. hypothesis; theory
ANS: b
8. This particular approach emphasizes logical analysis as the means to acquiring
newknowledge.
a. Tabula rasa
b. Synthesis
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricist
ANS: c
9. An empiricist
a. believes that knowledge is acquired through experience and observation.
b. is a follower of Plato’s rationalist philosophy.
c. supports the idea of mind-body dualism.
d. believes that the mind and the body are separate
entities.ANS: a
10. This particular approach emphasizes empirical evidence as the means to acquiring
newknowledge.
a. Rationalist
b. Monist
c. Empiricist
d. Nativist
ANS: c
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,11. Theresa, a judge, does not accept circumstantial evidence as evidence in her court.
Theresawill not convict anyone of a crime, based on general principles of anticipated
behavior of people brought to court. Instead, Theresa allows only evidence that she can
see, or “hard,” observational evidence, to be used in a prosecution. Theresa could be
referred to as a(n)
a. Monist
b. Empiricist
c. Rationalist
d. Nativist
ANS: b
12. Elma, an automobile factory worker, learns how to install a car air conditioner by watching
afellow worker install the part. The knowledge Elma has just acquired is
acquired knowledge.
a. experimentally
b. reductively
c. innately
d. empirically
ANS: d
13. Psychology is sometimes viewed as a merging of
a. philosophy and monism.
b. rationalism and physiology.
c. physiology and empiricism.
d. philosophy and physiology.
ANS: d
14. Descartes is known for having been a(n)
a. functionalist.
b. behaviorist.
c. empiricist.
d. rationalist
.
ANS: d
15. A philosopher who largely rejected acquisition of knowledge by empirical means was
a. John Locke.
b. Aristotle.
c. David Hume.
d. René Descartes.
ANS: d
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, 16. Which of the following people supported the rationalist view and largely rejected the
pureempirical view?
a. Kant
b. Aristotle
c. Descartes
d. Locke
ANS: c
17. refers to Locke’s belief that all knowledge is gained empirically, beginning at
birth, when our minds are a blank slate.
a. Innate
b. A priori
c. A posteriori
d. Tabula rasa
ANS: d
18. Immanuel Kant
a. believed in an integration of rationalism and empiricism.
b. rejected completely all forms of rationalism and empiricism.
c. believed only in rationalism.
d. believed only in empiricism.
ANS: a
19. The goal of structuralism was to understand the “content” of the mind by
a. synthesizing constituent parts of perceptions.
b. analyzing perceptions into their constituent parts.
c. observing responses to various stimuli.
d. evaluating other schools of thought to provide a “structure” for the new
movement.
ANS: b
20. Wilhelm Wundt’s idea of involved looking inward at the contents of
one’sconsciousness.
a. projection
b. introversion
c. repression
d. introspection
ANS: d
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