Quiz 1: Jaynes's Theory - Basic Knowledge

Quiz 1: Basic Knowledge

Test you knowledge the basics of Julian Jaynes's theory.
This quiz has 10 questions based on Jaynes's book.

1 / 10

Consciousness emerged in the civilizations around the Mediterranean approximately

in the sixth century BCE

in the early Paleolithic period

in the twelfth century BCE

in the thirty-first century BCE

2 / 10

Jaynes was originally trained as a

evolutionary biologist

psycholinguist

comparative psychologist

clinical psychologist

3 / 10

Jaynes argues that the voices heard during the bicameral period

were communications from actual gods and spirits

were an ancient form of telepathy

were communications from the ghosts of dead ancestors

were generated in the right hemisphere

4 / 10

Jaynes presents evidence that

the Iliad exhibits odd grammatical structures, which indicates bicameral mentality

the Odyssey exhibits hero-worship, which indicates bicameral mentality

compared to the Iliad, the Odyssey exhibits more subjective language

compared to the Odyssey, the Iliad exhibits more subjective language

5 / 10

Jaynes argues that

animals will eventually evolve and acquire consciousness

primates who lived in large groupings may have once been conscious

non-human animals and children prior to learning language cannot be conscious

primates possess a primitive form of consciousness

6 / 10

Jaynes argues that language

switched from the right to the left hemisphere during ancient history

emerged during the Neolithic period

developed after consciousness so individuals could use it explain consciousness

is the basis of consciousness

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Jaynes argues that the auditory hallucinations still experienced today by millions of people around the world

are the result of a poor diet

are caused by a yet to be identified virus

are the result of bad parenting practices

are a vestige of bicameral mentality

8 / 10

Jaynes’s main argument is that consciousness was

culturally learned about three thousand years ago

due to changes in neuroanatomical structures about three thousand years ago

genetically determined

a product of evolution

9 / 10

Bicameral mentality refers to

how mammalian brains evolved bilaterally

the interaction between the limbic system and the prefrontal cortex

the two hemispheres of the brain

a dual psychological organization involving a god-side and human-side

10 / 10

Jaynes believes that perception

is a primitive form of consciousness

is one of the features of consciousness

occurs without conscious awareness

is the same as consciousness

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