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1. René Descartes believed that the brain and the mind are fundamentally the same thing.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: b



2. Philosophical empiricists believe that certain knowledge is innate.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: b



3. Wilhelm Wundt first used reaction time to measure the speed of a nervous impulse.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: b



4. Wilhelm Wundt opened the first psychology laboratory in Leipzig in 1879.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: a

,5. Helmholtz developed introspection as a tool for understanding the structure of
consciousness.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: b



6. Wilhelm Wundt believed that consciousness could be broken down into its component
parts.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: a



7. Wilhelm Wundt was most interested in how consciousness is an adaptive feature of the
human existence.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: b



8. Functionalists depended on introspection to study subjective observations of personal
experience.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: b



9. William James did not believe that consciousness could be broken down into basic
elements.

a. True
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b. False
ANSWER: a



10. The work of William James was largely influenced by Darwin's theory of natural
selection.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: a



11. Freud believed that unconscious mental processes shape feelings, thoughts, and
behaviors.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: a



12. The goal of psychoanalysis is to banish unwanted feelings and memories to the
unconscious.

a. True

b. False
ANSWER: b