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Consciousness Practice Exam

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I made this practice exam to prepare for the upcoming exam in 2023. It contains 31 questions and is sorted by week. It is based on the Blackmore book.

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Week 1

1. Which philosophy did Descartes have?
a) materialism
b) substance dualism
c) property dualism
d) naturalistic dualism

2. The term … refers to the idea that mental states are produced by physical events but have no causal role
to play
a) epiphenomenalism
b) panpsychism
c) dualist interactionism
d) qualia

3. The idea that consciousness is physical because it can be altered by injury, alcohol, or drugs belongs to
whom of the following?
a) Popper
b) David Chalmers
c) Gregory
d) James

Week 2

4. Michiel believes that the neural processes don’t provide an adequate answer of how the mind works, and
he thinks that we need to take the rest of the body and the environment into account to describe
consciousness. Michiel is a(n):
a) eliminate materialist
b) extended minder
c) theorist of embodied cognition
d) both A and B

5. Which of the following is false about the locked-in syndrome and is true for persistent vegetative states?
a) there is a damage in the midbrain or brainstem
b) there is damage in the higher parts of the brain
c) the body is fully paralyzed
d) the patient has full consciousness

6. Cartesian Materialism is the idea that
a) consciousness is not separate from the brain, there must be a place “where it all comes together”
b) a specific region of the brain mediates between the conscious and the unconscious
c) only a few things are available to consciousness while many unconscious processes are going on
d) the brain is a prediction machine

7. Jane thinks that mental imagery is picture-like and Ethan think’s is language like. Therefore,
a) Jane is a spatiotemporal pinealist and Ethan is a propositionalist
b) Jane is a propositionalist and Ethan is a pictoralist
c) Jane is a pictoralist and Ethan is a propositionalist
d) Jane is a pictoralist and Ethan is a spatiotemporal pinealist

, 8. According to the Global Workspace Theory, there is a constant interaction between 3 items. Which of the
following is not one of them?
a) ‘backstage’(latent/unconscious processes)
b) ‘stage’ (working memory)
c) ‘spotlight’ (attention)
d) ‘spectators’ (conscious experience)

9. Saying that the brain or parts of the brain can hear, see, think, make decisions is a:
a) confabulation
b) mereological fallacy
c) commissurotomy
d) multisensory integration

Week 3

10. Elise is at a party talking to some friends. She suddenly hears her name from the other side of the room
and turns around to see who it is. This type of attentional shift is:
a) overt and endogenous
b) covert and endogenous
c) overt and exogeneous
d) covert and exogeneous

11. There are many theories about the connection between consciousness and attention. When James said
that “my experience is what I agree to attend to”, he meant that:
a) consciousness depends on attention
b) attention depends on consciousness
c) no causal link between consciousness and attention
d) attention and consciousness don’t exist or are not what they seem

12. Only noticing that the microwave was humming when it stops is an example of:
a) subjective threshold
b) objective threshold
c) dichotic listening
d) agnosia

13. Which statement is correct about the neuroanatomy of volition?
a) internally triggered actions are the responsibility of the prefrontal regions; externally triggered actions
are the responsibility of the cerebellum and premotor cortex
b) internally triggered actions are the responsibility of the cerebellum and premotor cortex; externally
triggered actions are the responsibility of the prefrontal regions
c) internally triggered actions are the responsibility of the primary motor cortex; externally triggered
actions are the responsibility of the cerebellum and premotor cortex
d) internally triggered actions are the responsibility of the cerebellum and premotor cortex; externally
triggered actions are the responsibility of the primary motor cortex

Week 4

14. Which of the following is not a component of evolution?
a) variation
b) progress
c) selection
d) heredity

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