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Consciousness Flashcards

1
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what are the 2 main types of consciousness

A

phenomenal

access

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2
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what is phenomenal consciousness

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raw subjective feeling or sensation

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3
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what is access consciousness

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info available to reason, report, memory and action

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4
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what does phenomenal consciousness contrast with

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access consciousness

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5
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identify 3 other types of consciousness

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self-awereness
meta-awareness
introspective awareness

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6
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what is dualism

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there are 2 types of substance

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7
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what are the 4 types of dualism

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interaction
parallelism
epiphenominalism
mysterianism

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8
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what is interaction

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the 2 substances interact

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what is parallelism

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the 2 substances don’t interact but are in sync

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10
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what is epiphenominalism

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matter produces mind, but does not interact with matter

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11
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what is mysterianism

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there are explanations, but we will never know

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12
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what is cognitive closure

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we don’t have the cognitive apparatus to understand the explanation

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13
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what is monism

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there is only 1 kind of substance

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14
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what are the 5 types of monoism

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idealism
materialism
neutral monoism 
physicalism 
functionalism
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15
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what is idealism

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there is only mind

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16
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what is materialism

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there is only matter

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17
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what is neutral monoism

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one thing underlies both mind and matter, but is distinct from either

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what is physicalism

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there are only physical processes

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19
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what is functionalism

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mind is a set of functions that the brain does

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20
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what are the 2 methods to study consciousness

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study conditions with altered states of consciousness

cognitive models

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21
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what are 3 states of altered consciousness

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sleep
drugs/anesthesia
patients

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22
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what is sleep

A

dramatic but normal changes in consciousness

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23
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what is REM

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rapid eye movement

sleep when dreams occur

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24
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what is NREM

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non-rapid eye movement

sleep when dreams aren’t occurring

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25
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what does RAS stand for

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reticular activation system

26
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when is RAS inactive and active

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inactive in NREM

active in REM

27
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identify 3 types of amineregic activity

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external perception
thoughts
memory

28
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identify 3 amines

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dopamine
serationin
nor-adrenaline

29
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identify 2 types of cholinergic activity

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emotions

internal perceptions

30
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identify a type of chloline

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acetyl-choline

31
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what 2 things are necessary for dreaming

A

fronto-limbic connections

parietal operculum

32
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what is necessary for consciousness

A

REM

33
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what do neuromodulators affect

A

phenomenology

34
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what is anaesthesia

A

the complete, but reversible loss of awareness

35
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what effect does anaesthesia have

A

affects neural activity in many brain areas

36
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what do drugs alter

A

neurotransmitter pathways

37
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what specific neurotransmitter pathways do anaesthesia drugs act on

A

endogenous

38
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what are the 3 brain disorders affecting awareness

A

neglect
split brain
psychoses

39
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what is neglect

A

the body is not aware of a part of the body but unconscious processing can occur

40
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what is necessary for spatial awareness

A

parietal complex

41
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what connects the 2 halves of the brain

A

corpus callosum

42
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what are the 2 halves of the brain capable of

A

doing independent tasks simultaneously

43
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what is psychosis

A

an altered state of consciousness characterised by hallucinations and delusions

44
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what are hallucinations

A

false percept in absence of stimulus

45
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what are delusions

A

persistant, abmnormal and implacable beliefs even in the face of contrary evidence

46
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where are hallucinations prominent

A

schizophrenia

47
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what can be used to study awareness

A

altered states of consciousness

48
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what are the 2 types of intellect

A

crystallised

fluid

49
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what is crystallised intellect

A

skills, knowledge and experience

50
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what is fluid intellect

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the ability to solve problems, independent of past knowledge

51
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what is creativity

A

the interaction among amplitude, process and environment by which a product is produced that is novel and useful

52
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describe the animal creativity spectrum in order of increasing amount of cognitive complexity required

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basic lovely recognition
novelty seeking
observational learning
innovation

53
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how many levels of the creativity spectrum exist

A

4

54
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what are the 4 levels of the creativity spectrum

A

basic novelty recognition
novelty seeking
observational learning
innovation

55
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what is basic novelty recognition

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ability to tell that something in the environment is different than it was previously

56
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what is observational learning

A

the addition of a novel behaviour to an individuals response

57
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what has creativity been a key element in

A

human evolution

58
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what does human evolution tend to favour in relation to creativity

A

positive social aspects

59
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where does creativity lie within the brain physically

A

different neural networks can be seen when people are being creative and not

60
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where does creativity lie in the brain behaviourally

A

default network
executive network
sailence network

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