Understanding The Self

Midterm Examination
1st Sem S.Y. 2020-2021

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1. He view of human person reflects the entire spirit of the medieval world when it comes to man.

a. Descartes b. Kant c. Hume d. Augustine

2. He is a Scottish philosopher that has a very unique way of looking at man.

a. Rene Descartes b. Emmanuel Kant c. Gilbert Ryle d. David Hume

3. He is a phenomenologist who asserts that the mind-body bifurcation that has been going on for a long time is a futile endeavor
and an invalid problem.

a. David Hume b. Rene Descartes c. Merleau-Ponty d. Vygotsky

4. He is the Father of Modern Philosophy, conceived that the human person as having a body and mind.

a. Descartes b. Kant c. Hume d. Augustine

5. As an empiricist, He argues that the self is nothing like what his predecessors thought of it. The self is not an entity over and
beyond the physical body.

a. Emmanuel Kant b. Gilbert Ryle c. Merleau-Ponty d. David Hume

6. This thought is originated from Lao Tsu.

a. Confucianism b. Taoism c. Buddhism d. Hinduism

7. He says that the mind and body are so intertwined that they cannot be separated from one another.

a. Emmanuel Kant b. Gilbert Ryle c. Merleau-Ponty d. David Hume

8. This thought is originated from Confucius in China.

a. Confucianism b. Taoism c. Buddhism d. Hinduism

9. Its focus is always looking towards self.

a. Asian b. Eastern c. Western d. Europian

10. He solves the mind-body dichotomy that has been running for a long time in the history of thought by denying blatantly the
concept of an internal, non-physical self.

a. Merleau-Ponty b. Rene Descartes c. Gilbert Ryle d. Vygotsky

11. It is in charge of base desires like, eating, drinking, sleeping and having sexual intercourse, is controlled well.

a. Holistic Soul b. Rational Soul c. Appetitive Soul d. Spirited Soul

12. In his famous treatise, The Meditations of First Philosophy claims that there is so much that we should doubt.

a. Merleau-Ponty b. Rene Descartes c. Gilbert Ryle d. Vygotsky

13. He says that Empiricism is the school of thought that espouses the idea that knowledge can only be possible if it is sensed and
experiences.

a. Gilbert Ryle b. Socrates c. Plato d. David Hume

14. In fact, he says that much what we think and believe is because they are infallible, may turn out to be false.

a. David Hume b. Emmanuel Kant c. Rene Descartes d. Gilbert Ryle

15. They identified two types of self that we can be aware of, The Private Self and The Public Self.

a. Carver and Scheler b. Carter and Schefer c. Cramer and Schemer d. Cartier and Schnieder

16. He agreed that man is bifurcated nature. There is an aspect of man, which dwells in the world that is imperfect and continuously
yearns to be with the divine while other is capable of reaching immortality.

a. Hume b. Plato c. Augustine d. Kant

17. He is the One of the earliest psychologists to study the self

a. Carl Rogers b. Sigmund Freud c. Aaron Beck d. William James

18. It is another interesting aspect of social constructivism. Language may be different across culture, even on how it is being
presented to others.

a. Numbers b. Language c. Signs d. Symbols

19. He saw the self, its mental processes, and one’s behavior as the results of the interaction between the Id, Ego, and the
Superego.

a. Carl Jung b. Albert Bandura c. Sigmund Freud d. Raymond Cattell

20. It is living on the way of Tao or the universe.

a. Confucianism b. Taoism c. Buddhism d. Hinduism

21. It is best understood as a complete way of life, a path of sanctification, and a discipline that leads to a higher level of
consciousness.

a. Confucianism b. Taoism c. Buddhism d. Hinduism

22. He believed that personality develops through a series of childhood stages in which the pleasure-seeking energies of become
focused on certain erogenous areas.

a. Carl Jung b. Albert Bandura c. Sigmund Freud d. Raymond Cattell

23. This religious belief is founded by Siddhartha Gautama Buddha.

a. Confucianism b. Taoism c. Buddhism d. Hinduism

24. For him, human persons develop with the use of language acquisition and interaction with others.

a. Thomas Aquinas b. Vygotsky c. Emmanuel Kant d. Sigmund Freud

25. He said that One should only believe that which can pass the test of doubt. If something is so clear and lucid as not to be even
doubted, then that is the only time when one should actually buy a proposition.

a. Sigmund Freud b. Rene Descartes c. Carl Jung d. Albert Einstein

26. It is forged by reason and intellect has to govern the affairs of the human person.

a. Spirited Soul b. Appetitive Soul c. Holistic Soul d. Rational Soul

27. Descartes first famous principle was “cogito ergo sum” or I think therefore, I am.

a. cognito ergo sum b. cogito ergo sume c. cogito ego sum d. cogito ergo sum

28. It is in charge of emotions should be kept at bay.

a. Spirited Soul b. Appetitive Soul c. Holistic Soul d. Rational Soul

29. It is concerned with the material world and through which we are able to experience the world, and through which we are able
to experience the world we live in. It is needed to be satisfied. It experiences gratifications.

a. Spirit b. Heart c. Mind d. Body

30. During this stage, the infant's primary source of interaction occurs through  the mouth, so the rooting and sucking reflex is
especially important.

a. Anal b. Oral c. Phallic d. Genital

31. He added that there are three parts or components of the soul.

a. Merleau-Ponty b. Plato c. Thomas Aquinas d. Socrates

32. He is principally concerned with man. He considers man from the point of view of his inner life.

a. Plato b. Socrates c. Kant d. Hume

33. He is the first philosopher who ever engaged in a systematic questioning about the self.

a. Descartes b. Aquinas c. Socrates d. Hume

34. He said that One cannot find any experience that is not an embodied experience. All experience is embodied.

a. Merleau-Ponty b. David Hume c. Thomas Aquinas d. Emmanuel Kant

35. It is one of those loci of the self that is the subject to alteration, change and development.
a. Sex b. Identity c. Gender d. Attitude

36. It is a trait characterized by overly high self-esteem, self-admiration, and self-centeredness.

a. Idealism b. Narcissism c. Adventism d. Egoism

37. The body is bound to die on earth and the soul is to anticipate living eternally in a realm of spiritual bliss in communication with
God.

a. Plato b. St. Augustine c. Thomas Aquinas d. Rene Descartes

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38. He is is the most eminent 13 century scholar and stalwart of the medieval philosophy.

a. Augustine b. Ryle c. Descartes d. Thomas Aquinas

39. Matter or ____ in Greek refers to common stuff that makes up everything in the universe.

a. Hyon b. Hail c. Hyle d. Hale

40. He said that, In human person, the body of the human person is something that he shares even with animals. The cells in the
man’s body are more or less akin to the cells of any other living, organic being in the world.

a. Augustine b. Ryle c. Descartes d. Thomas Aquinas

41. This can be seen as a code of ethical conduct, of how one should properly act to their relationship with other people.

a. Confucianism b. Taoism c. Buddhism d. Hinduism

42. Its teachings aim to describe how to attain that life.

a. Confucianism b. Taoism c. Buddhism d. Hinduism

43. It refers to a person’s sense of who he is, his body and his identity.

a. Koi b. Moi c. Persona d. Personne

44. It is composed of social concepts of what it means to be who he is.

a. Koi b. Moi c. Personne d. Persona

45. He thought that the only thing that cannot doubt is the existence of the self. For even if one doubts oneself, that only proves that
there is a doubting self, a thing that thinks and therefore, that cannot be doubted.

a. Albert Bandura b. Erik Erikson c. Rene Descartes d. Thomas Aquinas

46. He took himself as the “gadfly” that disturbs Athenian men from their slumber and shakes them off in order to reach the truth
and wisdom.

a. Plato b. Augustine c. Socrates d. Descartes

47. Time and space, for example are ideas that one cannot find in the external world but it is built in our minds. Kant calls these the
apparatus of the mind.

a. Emmanuel Kant b. Gilbert Ryle c. David Hume d. Merleau-Ponty

48. According to him, what truly matter is the behaviors that a person manifests in his day to day life.

a. Emmanuel Kant b. Gilbert Ryle c. David Hume d. Merleau-Ponty

49. He believe that self is nothing else but a bundle of impressions. If one tries to examine his experiences, he finds that they can
all be categorized into two: impressions and ideas.

a. Emmanuel Kant b. Gilbert Ryle c. David Hume d. Merleau-Ponty

50. He thinks that the things that men perceive around them are not just randomly infused into the human person without
organizing principle that regulates the relationship of all these impressions.

a. Emmanuel Kant b. Gilbert Ryle c. David Hume d. Merleau-Ponty

GOOD LUCK AND GOD BLESS!

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

Mr. Adrian E. Ganaden Michelle G. Acuavera, MBA

Instructor I Program Chair