Renaissance and Psychology Quiz

During the Renaissance, what major change happened in how people understood the world?

• From focusing on humans to focusing on God

• From focusing on God to focusing on humans

• Completely rejecting religion

• Ending the study of classical knowledge

How did the Renaissance view human potential compared to medieval times?

• It denied human ability.

• It focused only on God’s intervention.

• It highlighted human achievement and dignity.

• It reduced individual importance.

Which idea best describes the shift in humanism from medieval to Renaissance thinking?

• More focus on God’s control over life

• Moving from God-centered views to human-centered views of potential and achievement

• Relying more on religious teachings to explain nature

• Emphasizing the Church’s role over personal experience and reason

Who introduced the idea of the mind as a "blank slate" and argued that knowledge comes from experience?

• Thomas Aquinas

• William of Ockham

• Jeremy Bentham

• John Locke

According to John Locke, what are the two main sources of knowledge?

• Faith and reason

• Sensory experience and thinking about experiences

• Nature and nurture

• Faith and reflection

What did Associationism contribute to psychology?

• It rejected observing the mind.

• It focused only on religious ideas.

• It explained how ideas connect in the mind.

• It stopped studying memory.

How did David Hartley improve associationist psychology?

• By rejecting physical explanations

• By linking mental associations to brain activity

• By focusing only on spiritual causes

• By ignoring observations

What was Utilitarianism’s main influence on psychology?

• It rejected observing the world and focused on abstract ideas.

• It saw humans as totally irrational.

• It taught that humans act to seek happiness by balancing pleasure and pain.

• It focused only on religious morals, not experience.

What was Jeremy Bentham’s "hedonic calculus" about?

• Religious rules

• Ancient philosophy

• Measuring pleasure and pain to guide decisions

• Mathematical formulas