PSY 538 Quiz 6 Consciousness Flashcards
Why aren’t we explaining consciousness?
- we are trying to reduce the problem to brain processes.
2. We continue to reify it and operate in the absence of any scientific definition
How is consciousness only a word?
It’s not a thing, place or cognitive process; it’s only a word that we use in a variety of ways.
How is qualia used?
As a subjective experience.
To identify the behaviors that occur when we use the word “consciousness” so we can get on with the business of explaining those behaviors.
A more parsimonious approach.
What are we doing when we say we are conscious?
we’re doing something: we’re talking (signing or writing) and/or imagining to ourselves about both our external and internal environments, and our own public and private behavior
Consciousness according to Skinner?
. Reacting to one’s own behavior verbally, and is, thus, ironically a social product taught to us by others.
What do we mean by consciousness?
we usually mean that she can describe what she is doing.
What two neurological disorders provide evidence of consciousness as a verbal description of the environment and our own behavior
anterograde amnesia
visual agnosia