Consciousness

Question 1

Consciousness

Answer 1

A person’s subjective experience of the world and the mind

Question 2

Phenomenology

Answer 2

How things seem to the conscious person

Question 3

Problem of other minds

Answer 3

The fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others

Question 4

What are the four basic properties of consciousness?

Answer 4

• Intentionality
• Unity
• Selectivity
• Transcience

Question 5

Intentionality

Answer 5

Being directed toward an object

Question 6

Unity

Answer 6

Divided attention

Question 7

Selectivity

Answer 7

The capacity to include some objects but not others

Question 8

Dichotic listening

Answer 8

The task asked an observer pay attention to one of two different messages, each delivered to one ear over stereo earphones, and then asked about the content of one or both the messages.

Question 9

Cocktail party phenomenon

Answer 9

Phenomenon of being able to focus one’s auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when a partygoer can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room.

Question 10

Transcience

Answer 10

Stream of consciousness; tendency for consciousness to change.

Question 11

What are the levels of consciousness?

Answer 11

Minimal
Full
Self

Question 12

Minimal consciousness

Answer 12

Consciousness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations and may output behaviour

Question 13

Full consciousness

Answer 13

You know and are able to report your mental state.

Question 14

Self consciousness

Answer 14

Where the person’s attention is drawn to the self as an object (e.g. embarrassment, introspection of thoughts)

Question 15

What is experience sampling?

Answer 15

People are asked to report their conscious experience at particular times.

Question 16

What does experience sampling demonstrate?

Answer 16

That consciousness is dominated by the immediate environment and current concerns

Question 17

What is daydreaming?

Answer 17

A state of consciousness when seemingly purposeless flow of thoughts comes to mind. Current concerns will shift daydreaming into rumination and worry.

Question 18

What is daydreaming associated with?

Answer 18

Activation in the default network

Question 19

Mental control

Answer 19

The attempt to change conscious states of mind

Question 20

Thought suppression

Answer 20

The conscious avoidance of a thought

Question 21

Rebound effect

Answer 21

The tendency of a thought to return to consciousness with greater frequency following suppression

Question 22

Ironic process of mental control

Answer 22

The psychological process whereby deliberate attempts to suppress certain thoughts make them more likely to surface.