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/ T7 COMPREHENSION TASK (to complete after tutorial): Topic Mackay, N. &
Petocz, A. Realism and the state of theory in psychology

Started on Sunday, 9 April 2023, 9:15 PM

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Question 1
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the realist view of

the realist view of mind might be described as
Select one:
a. externalist 
b. internalist
c. materialist
d. neurophysiological

The correct answer is: externalist

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Mackay and Petocz argue that behind

Mackay and Petocz argue that behind many of the problems in psychology, both
of psychology's mainstream and nonmainstream, is
Select one:
a. a Cartesian concept of mind 
b. the information processing approach
c. reductionism
d. money
e. lack of money

The correct answer is: a Cartesian concept of mind

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The mind brain identity thesis and the views

The mind brain identity thesis and the views that the authors advocate have in
common
Select one:
a. A realism
b. the Australian connection
c. the American connection
d. being well known in the English-speaking world
e. A and B above 
f. B and D above

The correct answer is: A and B above

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According to the rea

According to the realist, determinism
Select one:
a. can be seen in events 
b. has to be imposed upon events
c. may be inferred from events
d. though unknowable is required by scientific psychology
e. is a realistic hypothesis

The correct answer is: can be seen in events

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Mackay and Petocz assert that most psychologists

Mackay and Petocz assert that most psychologists who think of themselves as
scientific also would consider themselves
Select one:
a. realist 
b. methodologists
c. constructivists
d. behaviourists

The correct answer is: realist

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Claiming that there

Claiming that there is a real world but that one cannot know it, or that all
knowledge is via representation may be described as
Select one:
a. a self-contradiction 
b. realistic
c. mentalistic
d. an hypothesis, albeit one hard to prove

The correct answer is: a self-contradiction

Question 7
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Which of these does the realist view of science

Which of these does the realist view of science make more important for
psychology than is currently recognised
Select one:
a. conceptual analysis 
b. experimental method
c. qualitative method
d. statistical analysis

The correct answer is: conceptual analysis

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speak ability refer

"speakability" refers to which matter
Select one:
a. the conditions of discourse 
b. that arguments must be articulated clearly
c. to be evaluated properly a position must be spoken or written
d. the variability of discursive practice
e. self-contradictability

The correct answer is: the conditions of discourse

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Realist analysis attacks the ideas of

Realist analysis attacks the ideas of
Select one:
a. cognitive control and self as agent 
b. cognition and information
c. self knowledge
d. motivation and cognition

The correct answer is: cognitive control and self as agent

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The so-called establ

The so-called establishment position in psychology is
Select one:
a. the representational view of mind 
b. the empiricist method
c. the neurobiological approach
d. the cognitive behavioural approach

The correct answer is: the representational view of mind

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Most psychologists w
Most psychologists would take it as an obvious fact that
Select one:
a. Knowledge is indirect
b. Psychology needs philosophical attention
c. Mental representations exist
d. mind is not brain
e. A and C above
f. B and C above 

The correct answer is: A and C above

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The realist would ar

The realist would argue that psychological facts are
Select one:
a. as real as biological facts
b. as real as social facts, but less real than biological facts 
c. unlike biological facts, not real
d. as unreal as social facts
e. reducible ultimately to biological facts

The correct answer is: as real as biological facts

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According to the rea 2

According to the realist, attempting to reduce a thought to a brain state would be
a mistake because
Select one:
a. a thought involves a relation between a person/brain and an external 
situation
b. a thought is intentional, brains cannot be
c. a thought is nonphysical
d. thinking is fundamentally subjective, brains are objective.

The correct answer is: a thought involves a relation between a person/brain and
an external situation
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Mackay and Petocz argue that the heterogeneous

Mackay and Petocz argue that the heterogeneous group is characterised by
Select one:
a. its opposition to the mainstream
b. constructivism 
c. acceptance of neo--Cartesianism
d. an incoherent metatheory

The correct answer is: its opposition to the mainstream

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Which of the following is not mentioned as a contributor to Andersonian

Which of the following is not mentioned as a contributor to Andersonian realism
Select one:
a. David Hume 
b. the American new realists
c. William James
d. Samuel Alexander

The correct answer is: David Hume