The idea that human behavior is governed by a physical

27 Jun The idea that human behavior is governed by a physical

Question
-The idea that human behavior is governed by a physical component and a non physical (i.e., spiritual) component is referred to as ____________.

dualism

materialism

empiricism

rationalism

-What does Luigi Galvani’s research with applied electrical currents suggest?

The brain is not divided into areas for specific tasks.

Human behaviour is caused by electrochemical processes.

Human behaviour is a combination of mechanical and spiritual components.

The brain is divided into areas for specific tasks.

-Who is credited with the development of Cartesian Dualism?

Luigi Galvani

Rene Descartes

James Mills

John Locke

-What philosophical view of human behavior is best supported by the work of Paul Broca?

Empiricism

Dualism

Existentialism

Materialism

-We can study human behaviour scientifically because it is determined by _________.

natural laws

religious ideals

philosophical principles

past experiences

-According to materialism, what is the cause of human behaviour?

Emotional states

Physical mechanisms

Spiritual induction

Internal motivations

-Determining whether something is true or false by observing it through experimentation is called _____________.

philosophy

empiricism

naturalism

inference

-What psychological principle would you be demonstrating if you were asked to hold a weight in either hand and determine which one weighed more?

Just noticeable difference

Stimulus intensity threshold

Just perceived difference

Noticeable difference threshold

-What was William James main contribution to the field of Psychology?

Generating and publishing ideas about psychological topics

Conducting the first laboratory based research experiments

Measuring the speed of neural transmission rate

Training observers how to perform introspection

-Who is recognized as being the first psychologist?

Wilhelm Wundt

Hermann Von Helmholtz

Ernst Weber

Sigmund Freud

-Introspection is a technique wherein a person reflects upon and reports their personal experience. Early scientists criticized this technique because it was ____________.

Indirect and subjective

Indirect and objective

Direct and subjective

Direct and objective

-Who argued that the psyche contained three components called the Id, Ego, and Super-ego?

Erik Erikson

Wilhelm Wundt

Sigmund Freud

Carl Jung

-According to Freud, psychological problems arise from conflict between the __________ and the ________.”

Id; Ego

Conscious; Subconscious

Super-ego; Ego

Super-ego; Id

-According to Freud, what is the part of our psyche that is instinctually driven by our basic needs, wants and desires?

Super-ego

Conscience

Ego

Id

-According to Freud, what is the part of the psyche that attempts to balance immediate gratification and societal norms?

Id

Preconscious

Ego

Super-ego

-What is the best way to describe Freuds approach to psychology?

Epistemological

Medical

Scientific

Empirical

-According to Freud, what is the part of our psyche that is most interested in maintaining societal norms and decency?

Id

Personality

Super-ego

Ego