Self-Awareness

Question 1

Most animals are considered to be…

Answer 1

NOT self aware

Question 2

Animals are conscious and aware

Answer 2

TRUE

Question 3

Self awareness…

Answer 3

is the awareness that you exist as a separate individual

Question 4

Self-awareness vs. self-concept

Answer 4

The Mirror test shows that animals can recognize their own bodies, but does not demonstrate what the animal thinks or feels about itself

Question 5

Mirror test

Answer 5

The test of self recognition, secretly placing a mark on an animals face, place animal in front of mirror, will the animal understand that the mark is on its own face?

Question 6

Self-concept

Answer 6

beliefs and feelings about the self, indentity, feelings or story about the self (Self-conscious emotions)

Question 7

Animals that pass the mirror test include…

Answer 7

humans, great apes, dolphins, elephants

Question 8

Ego theories of self

Answer 8

The self feels continuous because it IS - there is a self

Question 9

Bundle theories of self

Answer 9

The idea of a continuous self is an illusion (bundle of sensations) (EX. Hume, Buddhism)

Question 10

Medial Prefrontal Cortex is more active when…

Answer 10

thinking about ourselves, AND people we are very close to

Question 11

Split-brain research

Answer 11

Research on those who have had their corpus callosum cut. Two hemispheres out of sync,

Question 12

Whatever the left brain sees…

Answer 12

it can communicate through language and recognize verbally.

Question 13

Whatever the right brain sees…

Answer 13

patient will not consciously be aware of experiencing anything, yet can draw what it saw with left hand

Question 14

Confabulation

Answer 14

Conflating things in the mind because it is a simple or “better” solution - make sense of its own actions and logically justify them

Question 15

Single consciousness explanation

Answer 15

Only the left hemisphere is conscious - right hemisphere functions more like a computer, processes info without any conscious experience - left hemisphere creates explanations for behavior caused by the right hemisphere

Question 16

Double consciousness explanation

Answer 16

Each brain hemisphere may contain unique consciousness - but the right hemisphere can not really explain it, only the left can talk

Question 17

Anatta is the Buddhist conception of

Answer 17

no self, or absence of self - everything in nature is always changing

Question 18

Confabulation in Split-Brain research:

Answer 18

Evidence shows that the left hemisphere creates explanations for behavior actually generated by the right hemisphere. Left hemisphere does not know the true reason for the behavior but whatever interpretation the left side creates, it becomes the person’s conscious explanation

Question 19

OCEAN - The big Five personality traits (on a scale)

Answer 19

1. Openness to Experience
   
   • Imaginative, open-minded, adventurous
2. Conscientiousness
   
   • Orderly, cautious, responsibile
3. Extraversion
   
   • Sociable, assertive, excitement seeking
4. Agreeableness
   
   • Trustworthy, helpful, cooperative, empathetic
5. Neuroticism
   
   • Emotionally volatile, prone to negative emotions like anxious, irritable, depressed

Question 20

Personality and Family Dynamics

Answer 20

Birth order effects: personality influence by the birth order
Diversification: personality influenced by the actions and interests of siblings