Chapter 5 Review
PSYCH 434

1. All of the following were true of the British empiricists except

they attempted to explain the functioning of the mind as Newton had explained the functioning of the universe
they denied the existence of innate ideas
they believed that all ideas were derived from experience
they denied the existence of mental events

2. Hobbes’s approach to studying humans was

inductive
Baconian
deductive
metaphysical

3. Hobbes’s theory of human motivation was

teleological
based on the assumption that innate ideas exist
called physical monism
hedonistic

4. In Locke’s philosophy the concept of association was

used primarily to explain faulty beliefs
used only to explain moral principles
used to explain most mental phenomena
not used at all

5. According to Berkeley, those things that are referred to as physical objects are in reality

physical objects
primary qualities
aggregates of sensations
figments of the imagination

6. Hume denied

the existence of the physical world
that humans could ever experience the physical world directly
the existence of ideas
that knowledge of any kind could be attained by humans

7. James Mill maintained that any mental experience could be reduced to

primary qualities
utilitarianism
rationalism
interactionism

8. Bain felt that the law of _______ accounted for the creativity that characterized poets, artists and inventors.

individual knowledge, feelings, experience, and intelligence
similarity
constructive association
mental chemistry

9. Because Comte believed that science could be practical and nonspeculative, his view of science was very similar to that of

the scholastics
Popper
Bacon
Descartes

10. Comte and Mach had in common the belief that

only overt behavior could be studied objectively
only the immediate conscious experience of a scientist could be studied
metaphysical speculation must be avoided
the only valid tool available for studying humans was introspection

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