PSYCH 101 FINAL EXAM

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence, especially in an academic discipline.

• Theology

• Philosophy

• Psychology

• Scientology

Which is NOT a Socratic philosophy of "the self"?

• Know thy self.

• The unexamined life is not worth living.

• Every person is dualistic.

• The soul is composed of three parts, our desires, the conscious awareness of reason and the spirited part which gets angry at injustice.

Who is the philosopher who believes in this-" the body – dies on earth; soul lives eternally in spiritual bliss with God”?

• Rene Descartes

• David Hume

• St. Augustine

• John Locke

Which is St. Thomas Aquinas' concept of self?

• The soul is what makes us humans.

• I am a thinking thing.

• The self is a collection of different perceptions which rapidly succeed each other.

• One’s body is his opening toward his existence to the world.

Complete this statement- "I think, .....

(Rene Descartes)

Work on the self is most represented by the concept of tabula rasa (blank slate).

• David Hume

• John Locke

• Immanuel Kant

• Sigmund Freud

Known for his work on human nature and the unconscious; consciousness has different levels; man has 3 aspects of personality. Who is this philosopher?

Which is NOT an aspect of personality according to Freud?

• Id

• Ego

• Superego

• Alter ego

1. The people and places in your life are your...?

• A. Character

• B. Environment

• C. Heredity

• D. Esteem

Answer explanation

Character, Heredity, and Esteem are within oneself. But Environment is one of the factors that impacted the growth of oneself socially. So the people and places that you belonged to is your environment.

2. Having self-awareness means that:

• A. Know what you are feeling when you are feeling it.

• B. Being able to see yourself.

• C. Using self-image to look into the inside.

• D. Being aware of yourself

Answer explanation

Self-awareness is the ability to focus on yourself and how your actions, thoughts, or emotions do or don't align with your internal standards.

Choices B and C deal with self-image while D is near to self-awareness but

option A knowing what you feel is the definite description of self-awareness.

As self-awareness involved the awareness of a person's self-image and Self-image is the personal view, or mental picture, that we have of ourselves. Self-image is an “internal dictionary” that describes the characteristics of the self, including such things as intelligent, beautiful, ugly, talented, selfish, and kind.