Unit 2 Flashcards

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Assumptions

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Verbal and nonverbal responses about the status of reality

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2
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Assumptions allow us to

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Operate in the world and our subject matter

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3
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Ontological assumptions:
Concerned with

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Nature of being and existence whether immaterial or material in nature

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4
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Epistemological assumptions (4)

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How we come to know about:
1) Truth
2) The universe
3) Our world
4) Humankind

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5
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Idealism

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“The world as we know it is immaterial as it consists of the ideas that we construct about it in our minds”

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Materialism

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“The world is made of real material things that exist independently of ourselves, our minds, or anything else”

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Rationalism

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“It is possible to know about the world through the exercise of rational thought”

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Empiricism

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“It is possible to know about the world through our experiences with it”

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9
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Rationalism: Truth can be known through

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Deductive reasoning

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Empiricism: Truth can be known through

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Inductive reasoning

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Idealistic monism

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“All of reality is composed of 1 thing (mind or spirit)”

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Materialistic monism

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“The mind does not exist and everything is physical, body, and behavior”

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Neutral monism

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“The mind and body are aspects of a 3rd reality where spiritual and physical merge into a single reality”

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Dualism

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“There are 2 entities, a mind and a body, that interact with one another”

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15
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Mechanism

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The hypothetical system responsible for altering stimulus functions and/or behavior-environment relations

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16
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Metaphysics:
Categories proposed by philosophy (2)

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1) Ontological
2) Epistemological

17
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Ontological assumptions (2)

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1) Idealism
2) Materialism

18
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Epistemological assumptions (2)

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(1) Rationalism
(2) Empiricism

19
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Ontological question:

Plato’s answer

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Experience of the world is filtered through the mind

20
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Ontological question:

Aristotle’s answer

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Experience of the world is through direct contact

21
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Ontological question:

Radical behaviorist’s answer

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Behavior is materialistic in nature

22
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Idealism often goes with

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Rationalism

23
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Materialism often goes with

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Empiricism

24
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Types of monisms (3)

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1) Idealistic (mentalistic)

2) Materialistic (physicalism)

3) Neutral

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Areas of study that formed psychology (2)
1) Study of mind 2) Study of body
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Study of mind is based on
Philosophy
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Study of body is based on
Physiology
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Relation between mind and body: Behaviorist's position
Materialistic monism