Exam 3

Question 1

Relation of unconscious mind to conscious mind. Donald test

Answer 1

Flashed negative terms so only unconscious picked up and changed decision in end

Question 2

Four definitions of consciousness

Answer 2

Common sense- inner mental/waking life
Behavioral- can only do certain behaviors at various levels of consciousness *
Neuronal- physiological mechanisms required for consciousness *
Philosophy- what it is like to feel something

Question 3

What are qualia

Answer 3

What it feels like to have a particular experience. Raw feelings that make up consciousness. Koch believes they are aspects of natural world

Question 4

Koch opinion of self consciousness when talking about non humans.

Answer 4

Non human can be conscious but not have the same processing and planning powers, self consciousness is the ability to reflect upon self animals cannot do this. They can be conscious without being self conscious

Question 5

Strong libertarian definition of free will

Answer 5

You are free if under identical external conditions and identical brain states you could have acted differently

Question 6

What is compatibilism?

Answer 6

Dominant view in biological psychological and legal medical circles that suggests that determinism and free will are compatible and can coexist

Question 7

What is decoherence? What does it have to do with free will?

Answer 7

It suggests that molecules can be treated using deterministic laws rather than Quantum laws suggesting we can predict behavior of molecules in brain and that their thought creating path is predetermined

Question 8

Indeterminacy and consciousness

Answer 8

Suggests that behavior is impossible to predict precisely and the farther out in the future you try to predict the more uncertain it becomes, giving way to free will.

Question 9

Libet’s experiment outcome and implications

Answer 9

Found that brain acts before the mind has decided suggesting that the brain or consciousness makes decisions before we are consciously aware of them

Question 10

Koch’s summary of free will

Answer 10

We must act as if there is free will even if we can’t determine, of believe that there is not.

Question 11

What does the following mean: “consciousness is immanent in complexity”

Answer 11

Cannot reduce consciousness to simplistic elementary properties. It is a whole complex system. It is an innate property of the universe. If a system is complex enough it will be conscious

Question 12

Two properties assumed by the theory of integrated information. What does the theory do for the study of consciousness?

Answer 12

Must have a high degree of integrated information and differentiation. The theory will allow us to measure, quantify and predict. Allowing us to differentiate different types on consciousness

Question 13

Two traditions on relation of mind to brain

Answer 13

Materialism, mind is brain

Dualism, mind is other force but how do they relate

Question 14

Domasio definition of consciousness

Answer 14

requires:
1 mind, flow of mental images (all senses)
2. a self
conscious mind is a mind with a self in it
only fully conscious when self comes to mind

Question 15

Domasio definition of self

Answer 15

a self introduces a subjective perspective to the mind
3 levels of self, proto,core, and autobiographical
have memories and look to future

Question 16

Neo says that a brain is necessary for human consciousness but not sufficient. What else needs to be present for consciousness to develop?

Answer 16

Consciousness depends on brain and interactions with the world/ environment. it is always changing and being created

Question 17

Buddhism mind

Answer 17

mind as entity with nature of experience, parts depend on body some do not, essentially clear but clouded by emotions. meditation can help clear mind and we can become aware of what mind is doing.

Question 18

Kodi Sullivan Presentation

Answer 18

suggests that revisions can be made to libet’s experiment to help determine if the brain is truly making unconscious decisions before consciousness is aware

Question 19

Katie Glaubitz -Synesthesia and consciousness (presentation )

Answer 19

Synesthesia is form of consciousness where multiple senses are triggered at the same time, such as seeing something when you hear music. studying this variation on consciousness can help us study normal consciousness and experiences.

Question 20

Ashlyn Copeland - Consciousness and the Self (presentation)

Answer 20

although there are many theories there are no complete definitions of consciousness and the self and they remained unanswered question

Question 21

Dale Clark- consciousness (presentation)

Answer 21

Matrix and Vinilla sky both play off of Plato’s allegory of the cave, and suggests reality may not be the truth and that we are not aware of our lack of knowledge until you escape it