GE1 PRELIMS

QUIZ 1
PAUL CHURCHLAND
- If you want to understand who you are, go for a brain scan.
SOCRATES
- There should be a dialogue between the self and soul.
- You are living a good life when you know you’re living it with wisdom.
AUGUSTINE
- Man has an immortal soul whose main pursuit is to have an everlasting life with God.
SIGMUND FREUD
- There are components in the mind that interact to produce the individual person.
DAVID HUME
- Passion rather than reason governs human behavior.
RENE DESCARTES
- You are engaged in all forms of mental operations determinant of being a human
with a distinct persona.
GILBERT RYLE
- Mental phenomena can be explained by observing public behavior.
JOHN LOCKE
- Experiences provide us with knowledge because we are born with no innate ideas.
PLATO
- We can free ourselves from the imprisonment of our body through contemplation.

TRUE
 Cultural variations have an effect on how one perceives himself/herself.
 Culture can be tangible or intangible
FALSE
 Sociology argues that physical development is important in self-understanding.
 As an unfinished animal, the self never depends on structure to control his behavior.
 The ID operates based on what is ideal.
  People from individualistic societies are detached from the social matrix
 Once an individual sees himself as part of the society, he is urged to form his own
identity independent from societal goals and values.
 Cultural exchanges hinder the alteration of material culture.
 According to Socrates, it’s only in the recognition of one’s ignorance that a person
can truly know other people.
 In the play stage, individuals consider a group of people before he acts.

QUIZ 2
TRUE
 People are not only agents of action but self-examiners of their own functioning.
 Domain specific self-esteem is when we make distinctions on how good or bad
people are in different situations.
 Self-efficacy is a person’s belief in their ability to succeed in a particular situation
 The false self serves as a survival kit to comply to the rules of the society.
 Postmodern Psychology strongly points out that we need to have
FALSE
 Horney contends that real self is an entity that pushes people for self-realization.
 Through intentionality, people motivate themselves and guide their actions in
anticipation of future events.
 Horney argues that we experience congruence when our self-concept is accurate.
 The material self pertains to our self-perceived abilities and attitudes.
 The unhealthy false self allows us to be functional in society.