Exam 1: Introduction

____ describe how classes of events vary together in some systematic way.

The position that states that mental and physiological reactions are two aspects of the same experience and cannot be separated is called:

____ stresses the emotional or unconscious determinants of human behavior.

The contention that what we experience mentally accurately reflects the physical world is called:

Describe and discuss the different ways individuals have dealt with the mind-body issues.

Believing that because something has a name it also has independent existence is called:

According to Popper,what distinguishes a scientific theory from a nonscientific theory?

For Popper,a nonscientific theory:

Nondeterminism requires that a person is responsible for their behavior.

Historicism refers to the belief that:

Many influential philosophers/scientists such as Galileo and Kant have claimed that psychology could never be a science.

____ promotes that life can never be completely explained in terms of material things and mechanical laws.

Which of the following is not a type of observable determinism?

According to Kuhn,all of the following are true of normal science except:

The study of knowledge is called metaphysics.

Discuss the question "is psychology a science?" by addressing,as the text does,the various views of determinism,indeterminism,and nondeterminism.

Who believes that science cannot be characterized by any set of prescribed methods,principles,or rules?

A consistently observed relationship between two or more classes of empirical events defines a:

Some believe that although cognitive events are a result of brain activity,such events cannot cause behavior.Such a belief represents:

Which of the following represents a dualistic position on the mind-body question?