PSYC-375 History of Psychology Midterm ( with 100% VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS)

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Of the following, who would be most likely to take the position that humans are responsible for their actions? - ✔✔Non determinist and soft determinist _________________ emphasizes the works of ... individuals who most prominently contributed to a topic such as Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Darwin of Freud in - ✔✔The Great-person approach. The approach which shows how various individuals or events contributed to change in an idea or concept throughout the years. - ✔✔Historical Development Popper believed that the problem with observations was that - ✔✔it is selective. Poppers believed that there was three stages of obervations - ✔✔view of the problem, theories (proposed solutions), and criticism Kuhn refers to Normal Science as - ✔✔Mopping-up operation of paradigm. Following a paradigm, scientists explore in depth problems defined by the paradigm and utilize the techniques suggested by the paradigm while exploring those problems. - ✔✔Normal Science The theory in which all scientific theory must be able to be proven false in order for it to be considered scientific - ✔✔Principle of Falsifiability ______________ explains the reason Popper though that empirical observation was too vague and unrefutability. - ✔✔Principle of Falsafibility The potential of theory being incorrect. Popper believes this is a must to be scientific - ✔✔Risky Prediction Popper believes that in order to of a theory to be scientific they must include - ✔✔Risky Predictions. The theory in which you make sense of a theory or explain a phenomenon after it has occurred - ✔✔Post-diction Popper thought that empirical observation gave the notion that - ✔✔Scientists just wonder around observing and explaining what they observe [Show More]

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