COGSCI180 – MIDTERM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
Philosophy - Answer -the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality,
existence, and values
Neuroscience - Answer -the sciences, such as neurochemistry and experimental
psychology, that deal with the structure or function of the nervous system and the brain
Psychology - Answer -the scientific study of mental processes and behaviors
Idealism - Answer -The view that everything, including the material world, is actually
mind
Dualism - Answer -The view that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact;
neither can be assimilated to one another
Materialism - Answer -The view that mental states are just physical states --> form of
monism
Dissociative Disorders - Answer -Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder - Answer -A rare dissociative disorder in which a person
exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities; multiple personality disorder
Depersonalization Disorder - Answer -characterized by feelings of detachment or
disconnection from one's body, inability to experience emotions and empathy,
anomalous subjective recall, and derealization
Identity Development - Answer -discovering your own beliefs and values as well as
your true goals in life and making those a reality
T/F: Self-acceptance leads to psychological integrations, which is a key part in identity
development. - Answer -True
Plato's dualistic perspective - Answer -the existence of both an immaterial mind (the
forms) and a material body (shadow of the forms)
The mind-body problem - Answer -the issue of how the mind is related to the brain and
body; physical properties vs mental properties
physical properties - Answer -Characteristics that can be observed equally by anyine
without
, mental properties - Answer -a limited experience only conveyable through
communication; private to the subject, who has a privileged access to them
Monism - Answer -the presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the
same thing; made up of one kind of substance
George Berkeley - Answer -Only perceptions exist, 'to be is to be perceived'.
Everything you can know for sure is mental
Transcendental Idealism - Answer -subtype of idealism that integrates idealism with
empiricism, which emphasizes the importance of sensory experience with reason
Immanuel Kant - Answer -emphasized the importance of observation, of examining
what is revealed by sensory experience and reason, but also that there are categories
and structures from the mind --> transcendental idealist
Rene Descartes - Answer -Mind-body dualism --> i think therefore i am ( i have my own
thoughts dictating what i am)
brain in a vat experiment - Answer -a brain is inserted into a vat of life-sustaining liquid
and connects its neurons by wires to a supercomputer that delivers sensory signals that
simulate the experience of a coherent reality --> brain would continue to have perfectly
normal conscious experiences
Behaviorism - Answer -The view that we should only study the relation between
observable stimuli and observable human responses
T/F: Mind-brain identity theory became popular around the middle of the 20th century -
Answer -True
Mind-brain identity theory - Answer -The theory that mental states are identical with
specific brain states, and are just mental processes
T/F: In the view of materialists/identity theorists, things like self and free will are just
epiphenomenal - Answer -True
Epiphenomenal - Answer -a secondary effect or byproduct that arises from but does
not causally influence a process, in particular.
Functionalism - Answer -the identity of a mental state is said to be determined by its
causal relations to sensory stimulations, other mental states, and behavior; those
functions no longer have to be tied to a specific structure or material --> said to be a
kidn of reductive physicalism
Philosophy - Answer -the study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality,
existence, and values
Neuroscience - Answer -the sciences, such as neurochemistry and experimental
psychology, that deal with the structure or function of the nervous system and the brain
Psychology - Answer -the scientific study of mental processes and behaviors
Idealism - Answer -The view that everything, including the material world, is actually
mind
Dualism - Answer -The view that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact;
neither can be assimilated to one another
Materialism - Answer -The view that mental states are just physical states --> form of
monism
Dissociative Disorders - Answer -Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Depersonalization Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder - Answer -A rare dissociative disorder in which a person
exhibits two or more distinct and alternating personalities; multiple personality disorder
Depersonalization Disorder - Answer -characterized by feelings of detachment or
disconnection from one's body, inability to experience emotions and empathy,
anomalous subjective recall, and derealization
Identity Development - Answer -discovering your own beliefs and values as well as
your true goals in life and making those a reality
T/F: Self-acceptance leads to psychological integrations, which is a key part in identity
development. - Answer -True
Plato's dualistic perspective - Answer -the existence of both an immaterial mind (the
forms) and a material body (shadow of the forms)
The mind-body problem - Answer -the issue of how the mind is related to the brain and
body; physical properties vs mental properties
physical properties - Answer -Characteristics that can be observed equally by anyine
without
, mental properties - Answer -a limited experience only conveyable through
communication; private to the subject, who has a privileged access to them
Monism - Answer -the presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the
same thing; made up of one kind of substance
George Berkeley - Answer -Only perceptions exist, 'to be is to be perceived'.
Everything you can know for sure is mental
Transcendental Idealism - Answer -subtype of idealism that integrates idealism with
empiricism, which emphasizes the importance of sensory experience with reason
Immanuel Kant - Answer -emphasized the importance of observation, of examining
what is revealed by sensory experience and reason, but also that there are categories
and structures from the mind --> transcendental idealist
Rene Descartes - Answer -Mind-body dualism --> i think therefore i am ( i have my own
thoughts dictating what i am)
brain in a vat experiment - Answer -a brain is inserted into a vat of life-sustaining liquid
and connects its neurons by wires to a supercomputer that delivers sensory signals that
simulate the experience of a coherent reality --> brain would continue to have perfectly
normal conscious experiences
Behaviorism - Answer -The view that we should only study the relation between
observable stimuli and observable human responses
T/F: Mind-brain identity theory became popular around the middle of the 20th century -
Answer -True
Mind-brain identity theory - Answer -The theory that mental states are identical with
specific brain states, and are just mental processes
T/F: In the view of materialists/identity theorists, things like self and free will are just
epiphenomenal - Answer -True
Epiphenomenal - Answer -a secondary effect or byproduct that arises from but does
not causally influence a process, in particular.
Functionalism - Answer -the identity of a mental state is said to be determined by its
causal relations to sensory stimulations, other mental states, and behavior; those
functions no longer have to be tied to a specific structure or material --> said to be a
kidn of reductive physicalism
