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Quiz 3: Jaynes’s Theory – Advanced Concepts

Test your knowledge of Julian Jaynes’s theory by taking the advanced concepts the quiz below!

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Quiz 3: Advanced Concepts

Test you knowledge of advanced concepts on Julian Jaynes's theory.
This quiz has 10 questions based on both Jaynes's book and JJS publications.

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Jaynes speculates that during “spirit possession”

the right hemisphere produces articulated speech but this is controlled by the left hemisphere

articulated speech signals a complete return to bicameral mentality

articulated speech is shaped by hypnotic trance

the left hemisphere produces articulated speech but this is controlled by the right hemisphere

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Building on Jaynes's work, other scholars have found significant evidence for the transition from bicameral mentality to consciousness in

Native Americans

East Africans

China and Tibet

Papua New Guinea

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The four components of a metaphor as identified by Jaynes are

metaphier, metaphrand, paraphor, paralipsis

metaphier, analogy, vehicle, tenor

metaphier, metonymy, paraphor, paralipsis

metaphier, metaphrand, paraphier, paraphrand

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In Jaynes's book, he uses the word “struction” to mean

a part of the brain that structures and shapes its neurodevelopment

how the mind finds solutions; from “instruction” (order) plus “construction” (materials)

certain features of the social order shaped by bicameral mentality

a type of structure found in many temples that contained images

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“Aptic structures” describe

Jaynes’s updated term for instincts

the acceptable social structures of bicameral times

an architectural feature of ancient temples that focused worshipers’ attention

the appropriate behavioral patterns expected from the gods

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Over the past two decades, studies in neuroscience have largely

discovered the location of consciousness in the brain

confirmed Jaynes's neurological model

discovered the causes of schizophrenia

debunked Jaynes's neurological model

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As defined by Jaynes, “preconscious hypostases” are

a hypothesis formed by preconscious individuals

ancient Greek words for physiological responses that developed over time into "mind words"

the assumed supernatural cause of behavior

a hypothesis formed by gods and told to individuals

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Jaynes argues that the ability of some animals to recognize a spot painted on themselves in a mirror

has been "passed" by pigeons and only shows bodily awareness

demonstrates self-consciousness

demonstrates a sense of self

shows consciousness evolved over millions of years

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The “general bicameral paradigm” describes the

god-governed societies of the bicameral period

religious beliefs of bicameral societies

linguistic structure of bicameral mentality

the psychological structure behind behaviors of diminished consciousness that are partial bicameral holdovers

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The “collective cognitive imperative” describes

the highly communal atmosphere of bicameral times

orders and commands given by gods

the authoritative approach of ancient religious rulers

a set of beliefs held by a community that shapes the behavior of its members

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