7.
Choose the sentence that best expresses the main point of the passage.
8.
According to the passage, the author introduces
prana in order to acco plish hat Choose all
that apply.
A introduce the foundation of the yogi’s expertise
B demonstrate the yogi’s superiority to western
science
C encourage practitioners’ happiness
D define the ter
E explain how yogic practices cure disease
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SECTION 4
Questions 9 to 12 refers to the following passage on
indication of the thought of others. Whether, however,
comparative human-animal psychology. Select one
45 our inferences are made on the basis of words or of 45
answer unless otherwise indicated.
actions, they are all necessarily made on the hypothesis
that human minds are built on the same pattern, that
That the mind of each human being forms a region
what a given word or action would mean for my mind,
inaccessible to all save its possessor, is one of the
this it means also for my neighbor’s mind.
co
onplaces o re ection. is neighbor s no ledge
of each person’s mind must always be indirect, a matter
50 If this hypothesis be uncertain when applied to our 50
5 of inference. How wide of the truth this inference may 5
fellow human beings, it fails us utterly when we turn to
be, even under the most favorable circumstances, is
the lower animals. If my neighbor’s mind is a mystery to
also an affair of everyday experience: each of us can
me, how great is the mystery which looks out of the eyes
judge his fellow-men only on the basis of his own
of a dog, and how insoluble the problem presented by
thoughts and feelings in similar circumstances, and
55 the mind of an invertebrate animal, an ant or a spider! 55
10 the individual peculiarities of different members of 10
We know that such minds must differ from ours not only
the human species are of necessity very imperfectly
in certain individual peculiarities, but in ways at whose
comprehended by others.
nature we can only guess.
The science of human psychology has to reckon with
9.
In the second paragraph, the author introduces the
this unbridgeable gap between minds as its chief
example of Hume in order to:
15 di ficult . he ps chologist a loo into his o n 15
mind and study its workings with impartial insight, yet
A support her point that psychology and
he can never be sure that the laws which he derives
philosophy have a great deal in common
from such a study are not distorted by some personal
B discuss one of the forefathers of psychological
twist or bias. For example, it has been suggested that
thought
20 the philosopher u e as in uenced b his tendenc 20
C illustrate the bias inherent in relying on one’s
toward a visual type of imagination in his discussion of
own mind as the standard by which to derive
the nature of ideas, which to him were evidently visual
mental laws
images. As is well known, the experimental method
D provide an example of the experimental
in psychology has aimed to minimize the danger of
method in psychology
25 confusing individual peculiarities with general mental 25
laws. In a psychological experiment, an unbiased
observer is asked to study his own experience under
certain definite conditions and to put it into ords so
10.
Choose the sentence that best illustrates the
that the experimenter may know what the contents of
author’s presented basis for the study of human
30 another mind are like in the circumstances.
30
psychology.
psychology.
Thus language is the essential apparatus in
experimental psychology; language with all its defects,
its ambiguity, its substitution of crystallized concepts
11.
Based on the passage, we can infer that:
or the protean u o actuall li ed e perience its lac
35 of terms to express those parts of experience which are 35
A animals’ lack of language prevents us from
of small practical importance in everyday life, but which
understanding their minds
may be of the highest importance to mental science.
B experimental psychology cannot be used in
Outside of the psychological laboratory language is
animal psychology
not always the best guide to the contents of other
C the mental laws of human psychology do not
40 minds, because it is not always the expression of a 40
hold true in animal psychology
genuine ish to co
unicate thought. ctions spea
D
u es or on the nature o ideas as a ed
louder than ords the pro erb sa s but hen ords
are backed by good faith they furnish by far the safest
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