History of Psychology Quiz 1

Why study History of Psychology?

I. To avoid repeating mistakes

II. To normalise big names

III. Out of curiosity

IV. To develop perspectives

• I & II

• I, II, III

• I, III, IV

• All of the above

Who said this : “Science is what scientists do and there are as many scientific methods as there are individual scientists”?

• Karl Popper

• Thomas Kuhn

• Paul Feyerabend

• Wilhelm Wundt

The study of knowledge is called

• Empiricism

• Rationalism

• Epistemology

• Science

Which if these Modern Judeo-Christian religious belief have its roots in ancient Greek religion?

• God is omniscient, omnipresent and omnibenevolent

• Transmigration of the soul

• Sabbath is a holy day of rest

• The ontological argument for the existence of God

Below are Ancient Greek philosophy schools of thought, except

• Stoics

• Cynics

• Sophists

• Rationalists

Based on Popper’s scientific theory, what should scientists aim to achieve?

• To develop a scientific theory that will eventually be falsified

• To develop a scientific theory that explains phenomena after they have occurred

• To develop a scientific theory that can be applied across various problems

• To develop a scientific theory that can become a law

Which is the correct sequence for Thomas Kuhn’s scientific stages?

I. Paradigm shift/scientific revolution: Knowledge from an earlier paradigm is no longer relevant, and a new paradigm emerges to solve problems/issues of the old one.

II. Anomaly is identified.

III. Normal science: Paradigm provides problems and tools to solve them, knowledge accumulates.

IV. Pre-paradigmatic.

• I, II, III, IV

• IV, III, II, I

• III, II, I, IV

• I, III, IV, II

“We can never fully learn/understand some causes of behaviour because in attempting to observe them we change them.”

This statement applies to which of the following options?

• Hard Determinism

• Soft Determinism

• Indeterminism

• Nondeterminism

Psychologists who attempted to explain everything, including mental events, in physical terms are known as:

• Monists

• Idealist

• Materialist

• Dualist

According to Socrates, what was the goal of life?

• Fame

• Happiness

• Peace

• Knowledge