- What was the Enlightenment attitude toward science and how did this influence psychology’s history?
- Compare and contrast Wundt and Galton.
- Explain why Descartes is considered (a) a rationalist, and (b) a nativist.
- What is the connection between Galton’s beliefs about intelligence and (a) eugenics, and (b) mental testing?
- Describe the essential principles of phrenology and explain why it eventually failed as a science. Be sure to consider the research of Flourens in your answer.
- Show how the two varieties of the clinical method for studying the brain are illustrated by (a) Phineas Gage and (b) Tan.
- Wundt rather than Fechner, is considered to be the founder of modern experimental psychology. Why?
- Darwin had his theory worked out in the early 1840’s. Why did he delay publication and why did he eventually publish in 1859?
- Describe Weber’s Law and the concept of a jnd.
- Distinguish between primary and secondary qualities of matter and compare the views of Locke and Berkeley’s with regard to these qualities
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