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The Greek philosopher who believed that intelligence was inherited was:
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Plato
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To say that "psychology is a science" means that:
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psychologists approach the study of thoughts and actions with careful observation and rigorous analysis
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In defining psychology, the text notes that psychology is most accurately described as a:
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way of asking and answering questions
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Today, psychology is defined as the:
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scientific study of behavior and mental processes
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Which seventeenth-century philosopher believed that some ideas are innate?
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Descartes
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The philosophical views of John Locke are those of Rene Descartes as ___ is to ____.
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nurture is to nature
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Francis Bacon's ideas led most directly to the scholarly view known as:
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empiricism
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The seventeenth-century philosopher who believed that the mind is blank at birth and that most knowledge comes through sensory experience is:
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Locke
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Psychology is defined as the "scientific study of behavior and mental processes." Wilhelm Wundt would have omitted which of the following words from this definition?
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behavior and
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The first psychology laboratory was established by ____ in the year ___
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Wundt; 1879
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Who would be most likely to agree with the statement, "Psychology is the science of mental life"?
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Wilhelm Wundt
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In psychology, "behavior" is best defined as:
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any action we can observe and record
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