Latin in the sciences: psychology

Latin in the sciences: psychology

Multiple Choice

How is the Greek word “psychē” usually translated?

• chariot

• goddess

• soul

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Today’s scientific disciplines have original roots in _____

• ancient philosophy

• medieval theology

• 19th-century theories of natural selection

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Plato was a ____ philosopher who lived in the ____ . (Choose TWO answers.)

• Greek

• Roman

• Egyptian

• AD 500’s

• 300’s BC

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Plato’s idea of the “tri-partite soul” can help us to think about...

• ...internal conflicts we experience and how to cope with them.

• ...how the human brain evolved from other species over time.

• ...how to diagnose and to treat various mental and psychological illnesses today.

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In Plato’s analogy, the chariot driver represents...

• emotions

• reason

• physical desires

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In Plato’s analogy, the horses represent...

• emotions and physical desires

• reason and will

• the self and others

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Greek and Latin words for “reason” are... (choose TWO answers)

• ego

• Logos

• psychē

• ratio

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Plato’s idea of the soul...

• ...was forgotten.

• ...was handed down through history.

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The Roman philosopher, Augustine, ____ Plato’s idea of the tri-partite soul.

• rejected

• developed and passed on

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A modern philosopher who inherited and changed Plato’s idea was...

• ...Sigmund Freud, the father of modern psychology.

• ...Nicolaus Copernicus, the father of modern astronomy.

• ...Charles Darwin, the father of modern biology.

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What Latin term did Freud use for the part of a personality that deals with reality, to realistically satisfy desires. When it makes decisions, it considers social realities and behavioral etiquette.

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

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What Latin term did Freud use for your semi-conscious set of attitudes and beliefs. Whenever you feel bad because you do something you WANT to do, it is this part of your psyche telling you so.

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

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What Latin term did Freud use for the personality component made of instinctual desires. It is unconscious needs, urges, and desires. Some people learn to control it, but it is still a primal force throughout life.

• Id

• Ego

• Superego