AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Luigi Galvani disproved Descartes’ ideas by experimenting with frogs and their reactions to electrical stimulations.
A
True. His findings prompted other scientists to continue and expand the nature of the messages.
B
False. His findings justified that pressurized fluids were at work.
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -’ In his experiments on electricity and frogs, Luigi Galvani imagined that the frog’s muscle and nerve acted like the two sides of a Leyden jar. Establishing a circuit between them allows the discharge of ‘animal electricity’ analogous to the artificial electricity of the jar.

Detailed explanation-2: -Based on such unusual observations Galvani concluded that there was a type of electrical fluid inherent in the body, which he dubbed animal electricity. According to his view, the nervous system delivered animal electricity to muscle tissue.

Detailed explanation-3: -Luigi Galvani is known as the forefather of bioelectric magnetics. He changed the face of the medical field due to an accident of static electricity and frog legs. He theorized that the frog’s legs moved because animals had their own form of electricity. He called this animal electricity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The second experiment In the course of his experiments, Galvani realised that the spasms occurred without any external electrical discharge when he hooked the frog onto a metal railing. This happened simply by creating a contact between nerves and muscles through the railing and the hook stuck into the frog’s spine.

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