12 - Consciousness Flashcards

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define consciousness

A

state of awareness of sensations or ideas, such as ones that can:
- reflect on those sensations and ideas
- know what it “feels like” to experience them
- report to others that one is aware of these sensations/ideas

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2
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what is the cognitive unconscious?

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mental activities that enable our interactions with the world

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We are unaware of mental activities/processes but _

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are aware of their products
*ex. knowing what you ate for dinner but not the processes that lead to remembering it

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give 2 examples of unconscious reasoning

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  • the false fame effect
  • tolerating larger electric shocks when they believe their symptoms are due to a placebo
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describe why introspection isn’t always accurate (the cognitive unconscious)

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introspection relies on after-the-fact reconstruction, which can sometimes be inaccurate

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in terms of cognitive unconscious, even awareness of own thoughts during things like problem solving is subject to _

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unconscious forces

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describe subliminal perception

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  • people can be influenced by visual inputs they didn’t consciously percieve
  • ex. might not be aware you read something on tv but it could impact you later
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expectation is of what words precedes another is a key aspect, what happens when you see an unexpected word?

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get negative wave after you perceive it
ex. happy>war instead of sad>war

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9
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define action slips (unconscious processing)

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cases in which you do something differently than intended
*ex. drove home instead of picking up dinner

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what optic illusions fall under unconscious processing? Why?

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Muller-Lyer illusion, Poggendorff illusion, Ponzo illusion
- have expectations/fill in the blanks without realizing it

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11
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unconscious processes operate _ and are _

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without supervision, are automatic

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the automatic nature of unconscious processes allows _

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operating simultaneously (multiple processes can happen at the same time, don’t need much energy)
*also don’t experience decision paralysis

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13
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what leads to automaticity?

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  • biology (have neural architecture that allows us to engage in unconscious processes)
  • practice
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14
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define metacognitive skills

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skills in monitoring and controlling one’s own mental processes
*doesn’t mean you can change thought processes/thinking of the right thing
*aware of what brain is doing/what you’re experiencing, can help you make better decisions

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15
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define the mind-body problem

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the mind is a diffirent sort of entity from the physical body, yet each can influence the other
- you can move your body, but the initial thought of moving originated in the mind, which is independent of them mind

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16
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Materialism suggests what about consciousness?

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the mind is a product of the brain, aka neurotransmitters/biological brain interactions
*suggests all thoughts and behaviours are caused by the physical brain
*don’t believe in free will