PYC3703 Test bank Questions and
Answers 12 Chapters of 70+
questions each
, Chapter 1 TEST
BANK
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. antisynthesi
s.
ANS: c
3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This
statement would be called the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatic
s ANS: c
4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous
beliefs emerges. This counterstatement would be called the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
, d. pragmatic
s ANS: a
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was .
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotl
e ANS: b
, 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 new knowledge.
a. Tabula rasa
b. Synthesis
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricis
t 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 new knowledge.
a. Rationalist
b. Monist
c. Empiricist
Answers 12 Chapters of 70+
questions each
, Chapter 1 TEST
BANK
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. antisynthesi
s.
ANS: c
3. Part of dialectic thinking is when a statement of belief is proposed. This
statement would be called the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
d. pragmatic
s ANS: c
4. This part of dialectic thinking is when a counterstatement to previous
beliefs emerges. This counterstatement would be called the .
a. antithesis
b. synthesis
c. thesis
, d. pragmatic
s ANS: a
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was .
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotl
e ANS: b
, 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 new knowledge.
a. Tabula rasa
b. Synthesis
c. Rationalist
d. Empiricis
t 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 new knowledge.
a. Rationalist
b. Monist
c. Empiricist
