PYC 3703 QUESTIONS TEST BANK (Q&A) 1. Which of the following would not be studied by a Cognitive Psychologist?
a. whether people can pay
... [Show More] 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. antisynthesis.
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. pragmatics
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. pragmatics
ANS: a
5. The philosopher who advanced the notion of a dialectic was .
a. Plato
b. Hegel
c. Descartes
d. Aristotle
ANS: b
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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. Empiricist
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
d. Nativist
ANS: c [Show Less]