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COGSCI 180 MIDTERM Questions with 100%
Verified Answers UPDATED!!!
what event in history caused a shift in how people viewed
personal identity? - ANSWER the industrial revolution
- social mobility became possible
- individual talents became important
what three disciplines does this course focus on? - ANSWER
philosophy, neuroscience, psychology
idealists (early philosophers) - ANSWER view that everything,
including the material world, is actually the mind
what was George Berkeley known for in philosophy? - ANSWER
idealist, everything you can know for sure is actually mental,
everything else is colored by perception
What was Rene Descartes known for in regards to mind-body? -
ANSWER "I think therefore I am" famous dualist
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dualists (early philosophers) - ANSWER - view that the mind and
body are radically different things
- Plato (the Forms)
what is the mind-body problem - ANSWER what is the
relationship between the mind and body? what is the
relationship between mental properties and physical
properties?
materialists (recent philosophy) - ANSWER view that mental
states are just physical states
- behaviorism: studying the relation between observable stimuli
and observable behavioral responses
disturbances in the subjective experience of oneself - ANSWER -
cotard's delusion
- body integrity identity disorder
disruption in the narrative self - ANSWER - alzheimer's disease
- retrograde and anterograde amnesia
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disruption in the agentive self - ANSWER schizophrenia
dissociation from the self - ANSWER - post-traumatic stress
disorder
- depersonalization disorder
- dissociative identity disorder
- autism spectrum disorder
disruption in the sense of being grounded in one's body -
ANSWER - out-of-body experiences
- doppelgänger effect
The Mind-Body Problem - ANSWER - what is the relationship
between the mind and body/brain? (mental and physical)
Monism - ANSWER there is only one kind of substance in the
universe
- materialism: everything that exists — including mind — is
physical
COGSCI 180 MIDTERM Questions with 100%
Verified Answers UPDATED!!!
what event in history caused a shift in how people viewed
personal identity? - ANSWER the industrial revolution
- social mobility became possible
- individual talents became important
what three disciplines does this course focus on? - ANSWER
philosophy, neuroscience, psychology
idealists (early philosophers) - ANSWER view that everything,
including the material world, is actually the mind
what was George Berkeley known for in philosophy? - ANSWER
idealist, everything you can know for sure is actually mental,
everything else is colored by perception
What was Rene Descartes known for in regards to mind-body? -
ANSWER "I think therefore I am" famous dualist
,Page 2 of 22
dualists (early philosophers) - ANSWER - view that the mind and
body are radically different things
- Plato (the Forms)
what is the mind-body problem - ANSWER what is the
relationship between the mind and body? what is the
relationship between mental properties and physical
properties?
materialists (recent philosophy) - ANSWER view that mental
states are just physical states
- behaviorism: studying the relation between observable stimuli
and observable behavioral responses
disturbances in the subjective experience of oneself - ANSWER -
cotard's delusion
- body integrity identity disorder
disruption in the narrative self - ANSWER - alzheimer's disease
- retrograde and anterograde amnesia
, Page 3 of 22
disruption in the agentive self - ANSWER schizophrenia
dissociation from the self - ANSWER - post-traumatic stress
disorder
- depersonalization disorder
- dissociative identity disorder
- autism spectrum disorder
disruption in the sense of being grounded in one's body -
ANSWER - out-of-body experiences
- doppelgänger effect
The Mind-Body Problem - ANSWER - what is the relationship
between the mind and body/brain? (mental and physical)
Monism - ANSWER there is only one kind of substance in the
universe
- materialism: everything that exists — including mind — is
physical
