W11_lec3

Question 1

Describe the following types of consciousness
a) wakefulness
b) subjective experience

Answer 1

a) physiological state of being awake and aware of ones surrounding
b) the experiential aspects of our mental life

Question 2

What are the 2 “easy” problems that we are trying to ANS wrt consciousness and cognitive psychology

Answer 2

1. how do we best measure conscious experience?
2. does information of which we are unaware nevertheless affect our behavour?

Question 3

For the dissociation method what are the 2 measurments?

Answer 3

1. assess conscious awareness = did you see the word that was briefly shown b/w the two masks
2. assess the influence of stimulus information = what was the word shown?

Question 4

the original dissociation method which involved showing the word briefly between two masks may not be super accurate in measuring the subconscious influence why?

Answer 4

SLIDE 6