Imagine That You Are Attending a Lecture by a Guest

question 54

Multiple Choice

Imagine that you are attending a lecture by a guest speaker who describes a theory and then says, "Let's now look at the empirical evidence." Which of the following would most likely be the speaker's next sentence?

• A) "Other psychologists have objected to my approach on the following theoretical grounds."
• B) "We conducted an experiment to test this hypothesis."
• C) "The theorists who belonged to the empirical school rejected the behaviorist tradition, for the following reasons."
• D) "By combining both the cognitive approach and the psychodynamic approach, we can devise a new theoretical approach to the problem."

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Definitions:

Somatic Nervous System

A part of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movements of the body by transmitting signals from the brain to the muscles.

Sensation

The process by which our sensory receptors and nervous system receive and represent stimulus energies from our environment.

Neurons

Specialized cells in the nervous system that transmit information to other nerve cells, muscle, or gland cells through electrical and chemical signals.

Glial Cells

Non-neuronal cells in the central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system that do not produce electrical impulses but are essential for the support, protection, and nutrition of neurons.