PSYC 375 - Unit 2 Practice Quiz Questions and Correct Answers

utilitarianism According to ______, the best government was one that provided the greatest amount of happiness to the greatest number of people b. the ancient law of contiguity Hobbes's explanation of "trains of thought" relied on a. the existence of innate ideas b. the ancient law of contiguity c. Descartes' philosophy d. free will c. if ideas were innate, all humans would have them, and they do not Locke's major argument against the existence of innate ideas was that: a. no gene was available to transmit an idea b. the French seemed to have more of them than either the English or the Germans c. if ideas were innate, all humans would have them, and they do not d. the only way to prove their existence was by mathematical deduction c. deductive Hobbes's approach to studying humans was: a. inductive b. Baconian c. deductive d. metaphysical a. humans were qualitatively different from nonhumans La Mettrie believed all of the following except a. humans were qualitatively different from nonhuman animals b. as brain size increases so does level of intelligence c. if primates could be taught language they would be like humans in almost all respects d. the smaller the brain the fiercer the animal Vibratiuncles Harley believed that vibrations in the brain continued after the external stimulation that ceased them had ceased. He called these lingering vibrations: Scientism ______ was the belief that the only valid knowledge was scientific knowledge, and that science could solve all human problem materialism Berkeley believed that _______ was responsible for the widespread religious skepticism and atheism of his day