What Major Enlightenment Assumption Did European Thinkers Began to Question

question 46

Multiple Choice

What major Enlightenment assumption did European thinkers began to question during the late nineteenth century?

• A)Humans were reasonable creatures capable of investigating natural laws in an objective manner.
• B)Time,space,matter,and energy were not independent realities but were relative to each other.
• C)The human condition was improved through religious and moral means alone,not through science.
• D)Emotions were a more reliable guide to truth than reason.
• E)The laws that governed God's universe were utterly beyond human comprehension.

---

Definitions:

Aaron Beck

An influential American psychiatrist known for developing cognitive therapy, particularly for depression.

Cognitive Symptom

Manifestations of conditions that affect cognitive processes, often influencing learning, memory, perception, and problem-solving abilities.

Depression

A disorder of the psyche characterized by ongoing gloominess or a lack of zest for activities, which majorly disrupts normal life activities.

Artifact Theory

A theory that suggests differences observed in certain groups (e.g., in intelligence tests between cultures) are not due to actual differences in abilities but rather to the artifacts of the testing process itself.