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[01] Lesson 1 Exam - Results Attempt 1 of 2 Written Dec 2, 2023 12:02 AM - Dec 2, 2023 12:17 AM Released Nov 29, 2018 7:04 PM Attempt Score 100 / 100 - 100 % Overall Grade (Highest Attempt) 100 / 100 - 100 % Question 1 5 / 5 points Which of the following is TRUE of the "Old History" as opposed to the "New History"? Question options: a) It is internalist oriented. b) It is Zeitgeist oriented. c) It is narrative in form. d) It borrows from social science. Question 2 5 / 5 points The most important Greek moral value was sophrosyne , which meant:

Question options: a) finding your true inner personality by asking family to help you. b) fulfilling all your desires without exception. c) private contemplation of the gods. d) self control, the kind that springs from wisdom. Question 3 5 / 5 points The "New History" criticizes the "Old History" for: Question options: a) presenting history "from below." b) offering too many Zeitgeist explanations. c) being externalist. d) often excluding women, minorities, and ordinary people. Question 4 5 / 5 points The democratic life of the Greek polis : Question options: a) grew out of the tradition of philosophical argument that preceded it.

b) caused classical Greeks to prefer private lives led at home. c) gave rise to open systems of thought. d) led to the abolition of slavery by 400 BC. Question 5 5 / 5 points The modern day phrase "If it feels good, do it!" summarizes the ethical doctrine of: Question options: a) Platonism. b) hedonism. c) common sense. d) atomism. Question 6 5 / 5 points In the Hempel and Oppenheim covering-law model of explanation, explanation is basically the same as: Question options: a) understanding. b) control.

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c) prediction. d) superstition. Question 7 5 / 5 points In terms of how science changes, one could argue that historian Thomas Kuhn's analysis uses a __________ approach that emphasizes the human dimension of science. In contrast, Sir Karl Popper offered an interesting theory of scientific change because Popper tackled the question of how science changes from a __________ rather than a historical point of view. Question options: a) epistemological; syntactic b) syntactic; epistemological c) reduction; replacement d) naturalistic; normative Question 8 5 / 5 points Popper's demarcation criterion of falsifiability runs into two difficulties. One of which is: Question options: a) historical Zeitgeists. b) scientific theories actually compete with each other as well as with nature.

c) it does not agree with the nomological approach. d) fulfilling all your desires without exception. Question 9 5 / 5 points In Aristotle's perspective, which of the following is a special sense? Question options: a) common sense b) imagination c) vision d) memory Question 10 5 / 5 points When in the development of science an old theory's laws are found to be explainable in terms of the laws of a more basic theory, then the latter theory has __________ the former. Question options: a) eliminated b) derived c) reduced

d) replaced Question 11 5 / 5 points While the conceptual foundations of psychology came from philosophy, the inspiration for the creation of an independent science of psychology came from: Question options: a) mathematics. b) biology. c) religion. d) chemistry. Question 12 5 / 5 points According to the semantic approach to theories, scientific theory is not directly about the real world. It is really about: Question options: a) ideals of natural order. b) a paradigm. c) experimental situations. d) an idealized model of the world.

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Question 13 5 / 5 points Isaac Newton's critics argued that he never explained how gravity actually worked. Newton's response was, "Hypotheses non fingo," which essentially means: Question options: a) "I do not feign hypotheses." b) "I am nothing like a positivist." c) "I hypothesize that you have not understood my calculations." d) "The spirit of the times is my guide to reason." Question 14 5 / 5 points The ancient Greek philosophers (e.g. Thales) were said to have established an open system of thought. Open means: Question options: a) welcomes criticism of its ideas. b) written down on stone tablets and the ideas are open for all to see. c) that thinkers are free to personally attack any critics as heretics or bad people. d) have learned to hate the Good. Question 15 5 / 5 points

For Aristotle, the hierarchy between pure potentiality and fulfilled actuality constitutes the: Question options: a) ladder of love. b) domain of heavenly forms. c) natural scale. d) domain of efficient cause. Question 16 5 / 5 points One innovative aspect of T. S. Kuhn's analysis of science was that it: Question options: a) argued that science was truly from the view of nowhere. b) rejected the idea of paradigms in science. c) stressed the social nature of science. d) stressed the need for ideal experiments. Question 17 5 / 5 points Imagine the author of a History of Psychology textbook (known as book X) devotes a single chapter to "The Great Men of Psychology." In contrast, the author of your textbook has sought to place psychology within larger social and historical patterns. One could argue that your history of psychology text

represents an example of __________ while text book (X) represents a more __________ dimension. Question options: a) externalism; internal b) internalism; external c) a nomological perspective; semantic d) naturalism; deductive Question 18 5 / 5 points Who was the Archaic Greek Philosopher that in essence told his students, "This is how I see things- how I believe things are. Try to improve upon my teaching." Question options: a) Leahey b) Achilles c) Elgin Marbles d) Thales Question 19 5 / 5 points In terms of two scientific theories clashing with each other to explain phenomena, which of the following is an example of reduction ?

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Question options: a) Ptolemaic view of the solar system to the Copernican system b) Mendelian genetics to molecular genetics c) Copernican system to Mendelian theory d) Whig theory to epistemology Question 20 5 / 5 points Regarding Plato's allegory of the cave, which statement is TRUE? Question options: a) Culture is envisioned as a prison. b) Culture and consciousness are one and the same. c) The ascent to awareness is an inevitable result of attaining wisdom. d) Most people want to be freed from illusion. Done

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