Cognitive Science An Introduction To The Study of Mind 3rd Edition by Friedenberg Silverman ISBN Test Bank
Cognitive Science An Introduction To The Study of Mind 3rd Edition by Friedenberg Silverman ISBN Test Bank
Cognitive Science An Introduction To The Study of Mind 3rd Edition by Friedenberg Silverman ISBN Test Bank
5. The analogy between computers and brains is best supported by which theory of mind?
@ Question Type: MC
*a. functionalism b.
dualism
c. behaviorism
d. monism
8. Aliens have taken our brains and are feeding us information that makes us think we are
in the world we experience. This view that the world we know is mental rather than
physical falls best under the category of: @ Question Type: MC a. physicalism
b. monism *c.
idealism
d. philosophical behaviorism
9. Jerry states that he is feeling very “tired” today. This is a vague phrase and does not
tell us exactly what is happening in the brain. People who advocate that we use more
precise scientific terms are considered: @ Question Type: MC
a. materialists *b.
folk psychologists c.
substance dualists
d. eliminativists
10. Different things are happening in your mind and in your dog’s mind when you are
both happy. What argument is this? @ Question Type: MC a. functionalism redux
b. classical dualism *c.
multiple realization d.
folkism
11. “The brain is composed of physical matter as we know it, including atoms and
molecules. The mind, being mental, is made up of completely different elements of which
we have no idea.” A person who made this statement is a: @ Question Type: MC a. crazy
person
b. multiple realist
c. folk psychologist
*d. substance dualist
12. “The brain and the mind are both physical but the brain gives rise to different
characteristics or features, like the experience of eating a grape.” A person who makes
this statement is a: @ Question Type: MC
*a. property dualist
b. physicalist
c. substance dualist
d. functionalist
13. A car and a truck can both be used to transport people even though they are made up
of different elements. They can both be said to be: @ Question Type: MC a. physical
kinds
b. structural kinds *c.
functional kinds d.
process kinds
14. The fact that babies are repelled by the smell of rotting food supports
@ Question Type: MC a. empiricism
b. rationalism
*c. nativism
d. associationism
15. John Locke believed that simple ideas combine to form complex ideas. Which of the
following is the best example of a complex idea? @ Question Type: MC
a. “red”
b. “round” *c. “apple” d. “shiny”
16. A neuroscientist understands exactly what happens in your brain when you are
dreaming. She has solved:
@ Question Type: MC
a. the phenomenal concept of mind
*b. the easy problem of consciousness c.
the explanatory gap
d. the hard problem of consciousness
19. Bill thinks that you can explain everything about the brain by explaining everything
about neurons. He is a: @ Question Type: MC a. emergentist
b. property dualist
c. psychologist
*d. reductionist
20. The part of a computer that schedules and coordinates ongoing activity is a:
@ Question Type: MC
*a. central processing unit (CPU) b.
homunculus
c. processing stream
d. none of the above
23. All a machine can do is follow directions. It can never understand the meaning of
what it is doing. This is the argument @ Question Type: MC a. weak
AI
b. strong AI
c. binocular rivalry *d. Chinese room
24. Brain and mind exist in two different universes, one physical the other non-physical.
This is the dualist view
@ Question Type: TF
*a. True b. False
25. A person, a computer, and an alien could all have minds even though they all
operate in very different ways. This is the functionalist view
@ Question Type: TF
*a. True b. False
26. Everything we know comes from experience. This is the rationalist view @
Question Type: TF a. True *b. False
27. Evolutionary psychologists argue that innate abilities like refexes are domain-
general mechanisms @ Question Type: TF a. True *b. False
28. In the multiple drafts model, consciousness consists of many different ongoing
streams that can each be edited
@ Question Type: TF
*a. True b. False
29. According to the weak AI view we will ultimately be able to create a machine that
is conscious like a person @ Question Type: TF a. True *b. False
30. In binocular rivalry an observer perceives one figure clearly. This figure disappears
entirely in an instant and is replaced with the opposite figure
@ Question Type: TF
a. True *b. False
Type: E
31. Describe the nature–nurture debate and explain theories of knowledge supporting
each side. How are the two theories compatible?
@ Question Type: ESS
*a. Answer vary
Type: E
32. Describe the “what’s it like” argument. How do qualia factor into this issue? How
do objectivism and subjectivism fit into this argument? Are you convinced by the
“what’s it like” argument? @ Question Type: ESS
*a. Answer vary
Type: E
33. Describe how emergentism differs from reductionism. Fundamentally, is
emergentism a dualist theory?
@ Question Type: ESS
*a. Answer vary
Type: E
34. Describe Churchland’s neurocomputational theory of consciousness. How does it
account for short-term memory, daydreaming, and dreaming during sleep?
@ Question Type: ESS
*a. Answer vary
Type: E
35. Describe the multiple drafts model. Contrast it with the classical view of
consciousness. Which seems more feasible and why?
@ Question Type: ESS
*a. Answer vary