INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF
PSYCHOLOGY 9TH EDITION Brand New
1. stresses the emotional or unconscious determinants of human behavior.
a. Naive realism
b. Irrationalism
c. Mechanism
d. Vitalism
b
1. Yuki believes that living things contain a vital force that does not exist in inanimate objects, and
living things can never be reduced down to mechanical laws. Which school of thought best reflects
Yuki's ideas.
a. vitalism
b. determinism
c. monism
d. materialism
a
1. The position on the mind-body question claiming that mental and bodily events are coordinated
through God's intervention is called:
a. interactionism
b. interventionism
c. epiphenomenalism
d. occasionalism
d
1. The position that states that mental and physiological reactions are two aspects of the same
experience and cannot be separated is called:
a. preestablished harmony
b. double aspectism
c. epiphenomenalism
d. psychophysical parallelism
b
1. The position on the mind-body question claiming that both mental events and bodily responses
occur simultaneously even though the two events are independent of each other is called:
a. interactionism
b. epiphenomenalism
,c. psychophysical parallelism
d. double aspectism
c
1. A contemporary and popular way of explaining mind-body relationships that claims mental states
emerge from brain activity is called:
a. reification
b. emergentism
c. naive realism
d. namification
ANSWER:
b
1. The view that cognitive events that emerge from brain activity can cause behavior is representative
of:
a. materialism
b. interactionism
c. epiphenomenalism
d. free will
b
1. If you are a monist with regard to the mind-body question, which of the following does your
position most likely represent?
a. materialism
b. occasionalism
c. psychophysical parallelism
d. interactionism
a
1. Some believe that although cognitive events are a result of brain activity, such events cannot cause
behavior. Such a belief represents:
a. materialism
b. interactionism
c. epiphenomenalism
d. occasionalism
c
1. Which of the following represents a dualistic position on the mind-body question?
a. idealism
b. materialism
c. monism
d. epiphenomenalism
d
,1. Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that humans are responsible for
their actions?
a. nondeterminist and hard determinist
b. hard determinist and mechanist
c. soft determinist and mechanist
d. nondeterminist and soft determinist
d
1. The belief that humans have free will would be proposed by a(n):
a. indeterminist
b. nondeterminist
c. psychical determinist
d. physical determinist
b
1. A psychologist who believes that human behavior is indeed determined but the causes can never be
accurately known would be a(n):
a. indeterminist
b. psychical determinist
c. nondeterminist
d. physical determinist
a
1. The stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, perceptions, values, and goals as determinants of
behavior.
a. indeterminist
b. nondeterminist
c. physical determinist
d. psychical determinist
d
1. Who is most likely to support the statement, "Our genetic predisposition determines our
behavior?"
a. a psychical determinist
b. a sociocultural determinist
c. a environmental determinist
d. a biological determinist
d
1. According to the author of your text, contemporary psychology is:
a. a preparadigmatic discipline
b. a multiparadigmatic science
c. in the revolutionary stage of development
d. a single paradigmatic science
, b
1. According to Khun, what happens during the revolutionary stage of science?
a. Researchers begin to form theories and rival camps.
b. Researchers begin conducting studies to explore the field.
c. An existing paradigm is replaced by a new paradigm.
d. The first paradigm in the field is established.
c
1. According to Khun, what happens during the paradigmatic stage of science?
a. Random facts are gathered.
b. Puzzle-solving activity occurs.
c. Existing paradigms are displaced.
d. Existing paradigms are solidified.
b
1. During the preparadigmatic stage of the development of a science:
a. researchers are not concerned with falsifiability
b. rival camps compete with each other for dominion of the discipline
c. no theories or rivals camps have been established
d. irrefutable answers have been identified for the field's big questions
b
1. Persistent observations that a currently accepted paradigm cannot explain are called:
a. anomalies
b. paradigms
c. anachronisms
d. revolutions
a
1. According to Kuhn, the set of beliefs, values, assumptions, and a particular way of doing research
which are accepted by a group of scientists is called:
a. a metaphysical orientation
b. the religious component of science
c. a paradigm
d. a correlational law
c
1. Which statement would Thomas Kuhn most likely support?
a. "Science is a highly subjective enterprise."
b. "The scientific method guarantees objectivity."
c. "Each scientific enterprise is so unique that scientists cannot share a common set of assumptions."
d. "Once a paradigm has been established further experimentation becomes unnecessary."
a
PSYCHOLOGY 9TH EDITION Brand New
1. stresses the emotional or unconscious determinants of human behavior.
a. Naive realism
b. Irrationalism
c. Mechanism
d. Vitalism
b
1. Yuki believes that living things contain a vital force that does not exist in inanimate objects, and
living things can never be reduced down to mechanical laws. Which school of thought best reflects
Yuki's ideas.
a. vitalism
b. determinism
c. monism
d. materialism
a
1. The position on the mind-body question claiming that mental and bodily events are coordinated
through God's intervention is called:
a. interactionism
b. interventionism
c. epiphenomenalism
d. occasionalism
d
1. The position that states that mental and physiological reactions are two aspects of the same
experience and cannot be separated is called:
a. preestablished harmony
b. double aspectism
c. epiphenomenalism
d. psychophysical parallelism
b
1. The position on the mind-body question claiming that both mental events and bodily responses
occur simultaneously even though the two events are independent of each other is called:
a. interactionism
b. epiphenomenalism
,c. psychophysical parallelism
d. double aspectism
c
1. A contemporary and popular way of explaining mind-body relationships that claims mental states
emerge from brain activity is called:
a. reification
b. emergentism
c. naive realism
d. namification
ANSWER:
b
1. The view that cognitive events that emerge from brain activity can cause behavior is representative
of:
a. materialism
b. interactionism
c. epiphenomenalism
d. free will
b
1. If you are a monist with regard to the mind-body question, which of the following does your
position most likely represent?
a. materialism
b. occasionalism
c. psychophysical parallelism
d. interactionism
a
1. Some believe that although cognitive events are a result of brain activity, such events cannot cause
behavior. Such a belief represents:
a. materialism
b. interactionism
c. epiphenomenalism
d. occasionalism
c
1. Which of the following represents a dualistic position on the mind-body question?
a. idealism
b. materialism
c. monism
d. epiphenomenalism
d
,1. Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that humans are responsible for
their actions?
a. nondeterminist and hard determinist
b. hard determinist and mechanist
c. soft determinist and mechanist
d. nondeterminist and soft determinist
d
1. The belief that humans have free will would be proposed by a(n):
a. indeterminist
b. nondeterminist
c. psychical determinist
d. physical determinist
b
1. A psychologist who believes that human behavior is indeed determined but the causes can never be
accurately known would be a(n):
a. indeterminist
b. psychical determinist
c. nondeterminist
d. physical determinist
a
1. The stresses a person's beliefs, emotions, perceptions, values, and goals as determinants of
behavior.
a. indeterminist
b. nondeterminist
c. physical determinist
d. psychical determinist
d
1. Who is most likely to support the statement, "Our genetic predisposition determines our
behavior?"
a. a psychical determinist
b. a sociocultural determinist
c. a environmental determinist
d. a biological determinist
d
1. According to the author of your text, contemporary psychology is:
a. a preparadigmatic discipline
b. a multiparadigmatic science
c. in the revolutionary stage of development
d. a single paradigmatic science
, b
1. According to Khun, what happens during the revolutionary stage of science?
a. Researchers begin to form theories and rival camps.
b. Researchers begin conducting studies to explore the field.
c. An existing paradigm is replaced by a new paradigm.
d. The first paradigm in the field is established.
c
1. According to Khun, what happens during the paradigmatic stage of science?
a. Random facts are gathered.
b. Puzzle-solving activity occurs.
c. Existing paradigms are displaced.
d. Existing paradigms are solidified.
b
1. During the preparadigmatic stage of the development of a science:
a. researchers are not concerned with falsifiability
b. rival camps compete with each other for dominion of the discipline
c. no theories or rivals camps have been established
d. irrefutable answers have been identified for the field's big questions
b
1. Persistent observations that a currently accepted paradigm cannot explain are called:
a. anomalies
b. paradigms
c. anachronisms
d. revolutions
a
1. According to Kuhn, the set of beliefs, values, assumptions, and a particular way of doing research
which are accepted by a group of scientists is called:
a. a metaphysical orientation
b. the religious component of science
c. a paradigm
d. a correlational law
c
1. Which statement would Thomas Kuhn most likely support?
a. "Science is a highly subjective enterprise."
b. "The scientific method guarantees objectivity."
c. "Each scientific enterprise is so unique that scientists cannot share a common set of assumptions."
d. "Once a paradigm has been established further experimentation becomes unnecessary."
a
