Introduction to Psychology: A Test
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Chapter 1: Introduction
1. Plato’s “The Allegory in the Cave,” shown below, depicts
a. a world perceived through the senses.
b. the idea of people depending on each other.
c. neuronal activity.
d. the psychology of human beings.
e. vision after adaptation to the dark.
2. _______ is an example of energy that can be sensed by some animals but not by humans. a. Smell
b. Electromagnetic energy
c. Ultraviolet light
d. Sound
e. Heat
3. According to Democritus, primary qualities can be directly perceived, while secondary qualities a. cannot be perceived at all.
b. require interaction between atoms from objects and atoms in the perceiver.
c. are very difficult to perceive.
d. are perceived only after a preliminary perception occurs.
e. are derived from primary qualities.
4. Sensory transducers are
a. external stimuli.
b. receptors that sense energy.
c. used to transfer energy from one person to another.
d. receptors that convert physical energy into neural activity.
e. areas in the brain that interpret sensations.
5. Dualism is the idea that
a. both mind and body exist.
b. two sensations can co-occur simultaneously.
c. one sensation often follows another.
d. the body can be divided into two parts.
e. All of the above
6. Materialism is the notion that
a. all materials influence the mind.
b. physical matter is the only reality.
c. materials are important to functioning.
d. materials help the mind.
e. happiness results from acquisition of material possessions.
7. The idea that the mind is the true reality, and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind’s awareness is known as
a. mentalism.
b. perception.
c. dualism.
d. empiricism.
e. the Matrix.
8. The empiricists’ famous image of “tabula rasa” (blank slate), was formulated by
a. Descartes.
b. Hobbes.
c. Berkeley.
d. Locke.
e. Plato.
9. Which of the following was not an empiricist?
a. Descartes
b. Hobbes
c. Locke
d. Berkeley
e. All of the above were
Chapter 1: Introduction
1. Plato’s “The Allegory in the Cave,” shown below, depicts
a. a world perceived through the senses.
b. the idea of people depending on each other.
c. neuronal activity.
d. the psychology of human beings.
e. vision after adaptation to the dark.
2. _______ is an example of energy that can be sensed by some animals but not by humans. a. Smell
b. Electromagnetic energy
c. Ultraviolet light
d. Sound
e. Heat
3. According to Democritus, primary qualities can be directly perceived, while secondary qualities a. cannot be perceived at all.
b. require interaction between atoms from objects and atoms in the perceiver.
c. are very difficult to perceive.
d. are perceived only after a preliminary perception occurs.
e. are derived from primary qualities.
4. Sensory transducers are
a. external stimuli.
b. receptors that sense energy.
c. used to transfer energy from one person to another.
d. receptors that convert physical energy into neural activity.
e. areas in the brain that interpret sensations.
5. Dualism is the idea that
a. both mind and body exist.
b. two sensations can co-occur simultaneously.
c. one sensation often follows another.
d. the body can be divided into two parts.
e. All of the above
6. Materialism is the notion that
a. all materials influence the mind.
b. physical matter is the only reality.
c. materials are important to functioning.
d. materials help the mind.
e. happiness results from acquisition of material possessions.
7. The idea that the mind is the true reality, and that objects exist only as aspects of the mind’s awareness is known as
a. mentalism.
b. perception.
c. dualism.
d. empiricism.
e. the Matrix.
8. The empiricists’ famous image of “tabula rasa” (blank slate), was formulated by
a. Descartes.
b. Hobbes.
c. Berkeley.
d. Locke.
e. Plato.
9. Which of the following was not an empiricist?
a. Descartes
b. Hobbes
c. Locke
d. Berkeley
e. All of the above were