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Freud’s theories of the workings of the mind, while brilliant for their day, were formulated before most of this century’s great advances in neurophysiology and biochemistry. Today, we have a far deeper understanding of the biological components of thought, emotion, and behavior than was dreamed of eighty years ago. It would be foolish to continue parroting Freud’s psychological theories as if these advances had never occurred. It can be inferred from the passage above that the author would be most likely to favor (A) the abandonment of most of Freud’s theories (B) a greater reliance on biological rather than psychological explanations of behavior (C) a critical reexamination of Freud’s place in the history of psychology (D) a reexamination of Freud’s theories in the light of contemporary biology (E) increased financial support for studies in neurophysiology and biochemistry
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B for me.
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clear D. The author will favor the reexamination of Freud’s theories in the light of contemporary biology, because Freud's studies are not up-to-date.
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I would also say D
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a,c,e are clearly out..b is too specific..d IMO..OA plss..
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I think the correct answer is D.
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noboru wrote: Freud’s theories of the workings of the mind, while brilliant for their day, were formulated before most of this century’s great advances in neurophysiology and biochemistry. Today, we have a far deeper understanding of the biological components of thought, emotion, and behavior than was dreamed of eighty years ago. It would be foolish to continue parroting Freud’s psychological theories as if these advances had never occurred.
It can be inferred from the passage above that the author would be most likely to favor
(A) the abandonment of most of Freud’s theories()no reason to believe the author wants this. too extreme.
(B) a greater reliance on biological rather than psychological explanations of behaviorthis option is basically the same as the option A
(C) a critical reexamination of Freud’s place in the history of psychologythe author acknowledges the brilliance of freud in the 1st sent.. so this one is out!
(D) a reexamination of Freud’s theories in the light of contemporary biologyvoila!
(E) increased financial support for studies in neurophysiology and biochemistry
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would like to go with B.
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noboru wrote: Freud’s theories of the workings of the mind, while brilliant for their day, were formulated before most of this century’s great advances in neurophysiology and biochemistry. Today, we have a far deeper understanding of the biological components of thought, emotion, and behavior than was dreamed of eighty years ago. It would be foolish to continue parroting Freud’s psychological theories as if these advances had never occurred.
It can be inferred from the passage above that the author would be most likely to favor
(A) the abandonment of most of Freud’s theories
(B) a greater reliance on biological rather than psychological explanations of behavior
(C) a critical reexamination of Freud’s place in the history of psychology
(D) a reexamination of Freud’s theories in the light of contemporary biology
(E) increased financial support for studies in neurophysiology and biochemistry OA (from another thread) is D B cannot be correct because we see no evidence that this is the case. For all we know, the advances in biochem and neurophys debunked Freud, but are still worse than today's version of psychology. We just can't properly infer B. We can, however, get D. The beginning of the passage is implying that Freud was great, but not as great as we thought, and that we need to reexamine our evaluation of his theories (thanks to advances in science). Remember, we only hear about biochem et. al. in relation to Freud's theories. Claiming B from this passage is just too much of a stretch.
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IMO B.
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D, for reasons offered by barakhaiev and Ludacrispat26.
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B and D both are a little far from being inferred from the argument directly. Since conclusion says that we need not parrot Freud's theory,then new theories are existing indicates we should rely on new insights. thus B wins based on authors subtle assumption here.
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i think D is the correct answer mainly because of the conclusion. B is incorrect because it pits biology v/s psychology which is not what the author conveys.
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noboru wrote: Freud’s theories of the workings of the mind, while brilliant for their day, were formulated before most of this century’s great advances in neurophysiology and biochemistry. Today, we have a far deeper understanding of the biological components of thought, emotion, and behavior than was dreamed of eighty years ago. It would be foolish to continue parroting Freud’s psychological theories as if these advances had never occurred.
It can be inferred from the passage above that the author would be most likely to favor
(A) the abandonment of most of Freud’s theories
(B) a greater reliance on biological rather than psychological explanations of behavior
(C) a critical reexamination of Freud’s place in the history of psychology
(D) a reexamination of Freud’s theories in the light of contemporary biology
(E) increased financial support for studies in neurophysiology and biochemistry The author's argument is suggesting that biological components are better indicator for determining human behavior. Thus, he is promoting biological aspects for determining behavior over psychological theories. His intention is not to undermine or debunk Freud's theories for he thinks those were great 80 years back; thus ordering a reexamination would be less likely. Ans: "B"
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