PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

UNDERSTANDING THE SELF

SECOND SEMESTER – S.Y – 2023-2024
NAME: ________________________________________________________ DATE:
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SECTION/COURSE: __________________________________________ SCORE:
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I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
DIRECTIONS: Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on the space provided before each number. Strictly NO ERASURES.

_________ 1.According to _____________ , "There is no self".

a. J. Locke b. D. Hume c. R. Descartes d. G. Ryle
_________ 2. For him, self is best understood as pattern of behavior.
a. J. Locke b. I. Kant c. G. Ryle d. Hume
_________3. The Philosophy, "An unexamined life is not worth living" is by
a. A. Rand b. Aristotle c. Plato d. Socrates
_________4. Rios is a passionate and hardworking student. He always participate in class discussion, study his
lessons rigorously, submits assignments on time and attend his class on time as well. He do all these because he
wants to be an architect someday. According to Carl Rogers, Rio being passionate and hardworking reflect Rio's
_________.
a. I Self b. Me Self c. Ideal Self d. Real Self
_________5. According to the passage Rio's dream of becoming an Architect reflect his _________.
a. I self b. Me self c. Ideal self d. Real Self
_________6. According to ___________ "Without men, no culture, without culture, there is no men".
a. S. Freud b. E. Erikson c. Peacock d. C. Geertz
_________7. A child sneak outside their house even though her mother does not allow him to go to the birthday of her
friend is dominated by what structure?
a. Id b. Ego c. Superego d. Unconscious
_________8. According to him it is innate to have feelings of inferiority and we try to compensate these feelings to
strive for either superiority or success.
a. S. Freud b. E. Erikson c. A. Bandura d. A. Adler
_________9. According to him, the self is primarily constructed from sense experiences.
a. J. Locke b. D. Hume c. I. Kant d. Aristotle
_________10. He believes that the self is an organizing principle that makes us a unified and intelligible experience
possible. Therefore, we construct the self.
a. R. Descartes b. Aristotle c. Plato d. I. Kant
_________11. This is the energy that supports the Id.
a. Libido b. Sex c. Urge d. Energy
_________12. Which of the following is the best example of "Tabula Rasa".
a. An artist thinking of what to paint b. A teenager choosing his course in college
c. A person experiencing Identity Crisis d. A newly born Child
_________13. It is often called the mother of all disciplines, simply because all fields of study began as philosophical
discourses.
a. Metaphysics b. Personality Development c. Philosophy d. none of the above
_________14. He believed that the real self is not the physical body, but rather the psyche or soul.
b. Socrates b. Plato c. Aristotle d. none of the above
_________15. It explains self from the standpoint of innate knowledge and from the standpoint of what is “ideal” and
the “truth”, not rooted in what is felt by the senses nor our body.
c. Idealism b. Rationalism c. Empiricism d. none of the above
_________16. Plato bifurcated the truth or reality into two:
a. ontos and physical world c. metaphysical realm and physical world
b. physical world and ontos d. ontos and phenomena
_________17. It derives explanation of the self from sensory and bodily responses.
a. Idealism b. Rationalism c. Empiricism d. none of the above
_________18. It is defined as “as a unified being, essentially connected to consciousness, awareness, and agency.
a. Body b. health c. self d. none of the above
_________19. He believed in the balance between mind and body.
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Socrates d. St. Augustine
_________20. He was Socrates’ prized student and has profoundly introduced in his dialogue Phaedrus his concept
about self.
a. Aristotle b. Churchland c. Plato d. none of the above
_________21. He believed that moral virtue is rooted in the intellect and leads to happiness.
a. Plato b. Aristotle c. Socrates d. none of the above
_________22. He believed that all knowledge leads to God and only the pure in heart can see God.
a. Churchland b. St.Augustine c. Immanuel Kant d. Rene Descartes
_________23. He believed that all knowledge passes through the senses and separate ideas can be joined in the
mind.
a. David Hook b. Rene Descartes c. David Hume d. Gilbert Ryle
_________24. He believed that establishing the distinction of soul from the body can make people believe in the
afterlife and the soul’s immortality.
a. Paul Chruchland b. John Locke c. Rene Descartes d. Gilbert Ryle
_________25. He believed that reason is the final authority of morality.
a. Gilbert Ryle b. John Locke c.Immanuel Kant d. Maurice Merleau-Ponty
_________26. He believed hat our bodily experiences do not detach the subject/object, mind/body, rational/irrational.
a. Paul Chruchland c. Immanule Kant
b. Maurice Jean Jacques Merleau-Ponty d. Jean Jacques

_________27. According to him, “an unexamined life is not worth living”.

a. Socrates b. Plato c. Aristotle d. All of the Above
_________28. In his Theory of Forms, he introduces the concept of the two worlds: the world of forms (nonphysical
ideas) and the world of sense (reality).
a. Socrates b. Plato c. Aristotle d. None of the Above
_________29. He is regarded as the Father of modern Philosophy.
a. Socrates b. Plato c. Aristotle d. Rene Descartes
_________30. He postulates that the human mind at birth is a blank slate or tabula rasa.
a. St. Augustine b. Rene Descartes c. John Locke d. Plato
_________31. He believed that the most Important thing in life is the state of an individual’s soul.
a. Socrates b. Plato c. Aristotle d. Rene Descartes
_________32. He believed that the human being is both a soul and a body.
a. Socrates b. Plato c. Aristotle d. St. Augustine
_________33. Plato believed that there are three parts of the soul, namely:
a. Appetitive, rational, and spirited b. Appetitive, spirited, and rational
c. Rational, spirited, and appetitive d. Spirited, rational, and appetitive
_________34. He claimed that human knowledge is derived from experiences.
a. Rene Descartes b. St. Augustine c. John Locke d. All of the above
_________35. He is famous for this phrase, “I think, therefore I am.”
a. John Locke b. Rene Descartes c. St. Augustine d. John Bowlby

II - True or False: Read the statement carefully. Write TRUE if the statement is correct and FALSE if it is not.
__________1. According to Gilbert Ryle the self is not an entity one can locate and analyze but simply the convenient
name that we use to refer to the behaviors that we make
__________2. Superego is the "Moral Principle", Ego is the "Pleasure Principle" and Id is the "Reality Principle".
__________3. Rationalism is a theory that reason, rather than experience, is the foundation
of all knowledge.
__________4. Empiricism is the idea that the origin of all knowledge is experience
__________5. David Hume suggests that if people carefully examine their sense of experience through the process of
introspection, they will discover that there is no self.

III – IDENTIFICATION: Identify what is being asked in each statement below. Write your answers before each number.
____________________ 1. He asserted that “self” does not exist; instead, he stressed that perceptions are only active
for as long as an individual is conscious.
_____________________ 2. He believed hat self is not in the body, and he stressed that the body an its qualities are
rooted to the self.
_____________________ 3. He viewed that the immaterial soul does not exist because it cannot be experienced by
the senses.
_____________________ 4. He believed that the individual’s action defines his/her own concept of the “self”.
_____________________ 5. He asserted that the soul is distinct from the body.
_____________________ 6. He introduces the idea of eliminative materialism.
_____________________ 7. He believes that the mind is not the seat of self but behavior, thus the principle “I act,
therefore, I am.”
_____________________ 8. He believes that the self is the brain.
_____________________ 9. The Phenomenology of Perception is the work of:
_____________________ 10. He believes that the physical brain and NOT the imaginary mind give us our

IV - ENUMERATION: Answer the following questions without erasure.

1 - 5. Cite at least 5 philosophers who discuss different perspectives on the self.
6 – 7. UTS stands for...
8 – 10. Full name of your professor in Understanding the Self...

V - Essay
1. As a student, what is the importance of having a philosophy of the self? (10 points)
2. Describe who you are, the meaning of your life, the purpose of your existence, and how to achieve a happy
and successful life. (10 points)

Submitted by: Checked by:

REYMART P. VILLAPEÑA, LPT, MAEd – Bio. Scie MARICEL P. JALOCON

Instructor School Administrator
 Approved by:

MICHAEL L. JALOCON
School President