This practice exam consists of 43 multiple-choice questions based on the books and the
lecture slides.
The answers can be found at the bottom of the document.
Good luck!
1. What did Descartes believe in?
A) Naturalistic dualism
B) Substance dualism
C) Cartesian dualism
D) Neutral dualism
2. What does epiphenomenalism entail?
A) The idea that critical processes in the synapses of the brain can be influenced by
non-physical thinking.
B) The idea that new “bridging principles” in the form of psychophysical laws are needed to
explain how experience arises from physical processes.
C) The idea that there is an identifiable time and place where everything comes together in
the brain and consciousness happens.
D) The idea that mental states are produced by physical events but have no causal role to
play.
3. With which thinking theory do you try to avoid the extremes of materialism and idealism
without falling into dualism?
A) Cartesian materialism
B) Panpsychism
C) Materialistic interactionism
D) Neutral monism
4. Who famously said “We’re all zombies. Nobody is conscious (...)”
A) Dennett
B) Moody
C) Chalmers
D) Maloney
5. In which monist theory would mental states be put equal to brain states?
A) Epiphenomenalism
, B) Functionalism
C) Identity theory
D) Neutral monism
6. Mary wonders why she remembers exam material better after having slept. This is an example
of…
A) An easy problem
B) A hard problem
C) A mental problem
D) The interactionist problem
7. What is true?
A. Eliminative materialists believe qualia are essential to our mental state
B. Identity theorists believe the mind and the brain are identical
A) A is true, B is false
B) A is false, B is true
C) Both A & B are false
D) Both A & B are true
8. What happens when you are presented with binocular rivalry?
A) You see both images combined at once
B) You see the image of one eye only
C) Your perception flips between the two images
D) Your perception shuts down and you see neither
9. What is true about the ‘bridge locus’?
A) It is located right next to the occipital lobe
B) Neural activity there would sufficient for visual consciousness
C) It necessities neural activity in the striate cortex
D) It is the equivalent of the pons in your hindbrain
10. John believes that consciousness and the brain are not separated from each other, but rather
that there is a place in the brain where everything comes together to create consciousness. John is
a;
A) Cartesian materialism
B) True materialist
C) Cartesian dualist
D) Monist
lecture slides.
The answers can be found at the bottom of the document.
Good luck!
1. What did Descartes believe in?
A) Naturalistic dualism
B) Substance dualism
C) Cartesian dualism
D) Neutral dualism
2. What does epiphenomenalism entail?
A) The idea that critical processes in the synapses of the brain can be influenced by
non-physical thinking.
B) The idea that new “bridging principles” in the form of psychophysical laws are needed to
explain how experience arises from physical processes.
C) The idea that there is an identifiable time and place where everything comes together in
the brain and consciousness happens.
D) The idea that mental states are produced by physical events but have no causal role to
play.
3. With which thinking theory do you try to avoid the extremes of materialism and idealism
without falling into dualism?
A) Cartesian materialism
B) Panpsychism
C) Materialistic interactionism
D) Neutral monism
4. Who famously said “We’re all zombies. Nobody is conscious (...)”
A) Dennett
B) Moody
C) Chalmers
D) Maloney
5. In which monist theory would mental states be put equal to brain states?
A) Epiphenomenalism
, B) Functionalism
C) Identity theory
D) Neutral monism
6. Mary wonders why she remembers exam material better after having slept. This is an example
of…
A) An easy problem
B) A hard problem
C) A mental problem
D) The interactionist problem
7. What is true?
A. Eliminative materialists believe qualia are essential to our mental state
B. Identity theorists believe the mind and the brain are identical
A) A is true, B is false
B) A is false, B is true
C) Both A & B are false
D) Both A & B are true
8. What happens when you are presented with binocular rivalry?
A) You see both images combined at once
B) You see the image of one eye only
C) Your perception flips between the two images
D) Your perception shuts down and you see neither
9. What is true about the ‘bridge locus’?
A) It is located right next to the occipital lobe
B) Neural activity there would sufficient for visual consciousness
C) It necessities neural activity in the striate cortex
D) It is the equivalent of the pons in your hindbrain
10. John believes that consciousness and the brain are not separated from each other, but rather
that there is a place in the brain where everything comes together to create consciousness. John is
a;
A) Cartesian materialism
B) True materialist
C) Cartesian dualist
D) Monist
