The view that mental processes and certain kinds of brain processes are the same thing, described in different terms is known as ____.
A) materialism
B) mentalism
C) the identity position
D) dualism

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The view that mental processes and certain kinds of brain processes are the same thing, described in different terms is known as the identity position. This perspective rejects dualism, which holds that mental and physical processes are separate entities. Materialism holds that only physical matter exists, while mentalism holds that only mental phenomena exist, neither of which align with the identity position.

The View That Mental Processes and Certain Kinds of Brain