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    PSYC 104_1 & 104_2 – Spring 2014 – Activity (Chapter 1-10)Name:_________________Lorena Gonzalez______________________________LSU Number:________946243_________________Put your name, LSU ID number. Write your answers on the sheet and make it as personal and original as possible. This activity is intended to encourage you to revisit all the chapters we are working on together and to prepare you for the upcoming midterm and final exam. All of these questions could potentially be used on the final exam, so prepare them as carefully as possible. When you're finished, simply copy/paste the text you wrote on turnitin.com and submit your activity. The deadline is Saturday 05/17/2014. Good luck.1. What event(s) defined the founding of scientific psychology? Wilhelm Wundt studied "spirit atoms" and conducted experiments in Leipzig, Germany. He introduced structuralism and revealed the structure of the human mind. His work was considered the birth of psychology. William James also contributed to the founding of scientific psychology by exploring how mental and behavioral processes work.2. What are the main levels of analysis in psychology?The main levels of analysis in psychology are biological influences, psychological influences, and sociocultural influences.3. What is scientific attitude and why is it important for critical thinking? The scientific attitude is an attitude composed of curiosity, skepticism and humility. This scientific attitude is one that explores, doubts, questions, and, when wrong, accepts responsibility. This attitude is important for critical thinking because she has all the qualities necessary to make a good idea because she is curious, doubts and questions things and when she is wrong, accepts the...... middle of paper. ..... Many of them contacted a humanitarian agency, traveled to the United States and started a new life. Based on the definition of intelligence we saw in class, is Joseph the only intelligent person in this story? Why or why not (Justify your answer)? No, because even though Joseph is a straight-A student, that doesn't make him smarter than Judith because Judith was smart enough to keep her life intact after going through the harsh experience of imprisonment and was smart in getting out of her life after imprisonment. They both have a different life situation that requires intelligence, but different types of intelligence, as Judith used intelligence to improve her life and let go of struggles, while Joseph used his intelligence to achieve his career . They are both equally intelligent because they have learned things with experience and are moving in the right direction..