9 consciousness

• What are the two related definitions of consciousness mentioned?

  Subjective experience and conscious awareness
• What does subjective experience refer to?

  Internal sense of ourselves and surroundings
• What is the significance of "Cogito, ergo sum" in relation to consciousness?

  It emphasizes awareness of our own existence
• What is 'the hard problem' of consciousness according to Chalmers?

  Understanding what it is like to be conscious
• What does the term 'qualia' refer to?

  Individual instances of subjective experience
• What does Pinker (1999) mean by access consciousness?

  Results of information processing
• What does sentience refer to in Pinker's definitions?

  Our experience of the results of processing
• What does Baars' Global Workspace Theory suggest about consciousness?

  It acts as a central processor for information
• According to Dennett, where is consciousness located?

  It is a state of the brain, not a place
• What role does the unconscious play according to Freud?

  It drives instinctive urges and repressed conflicts
• What is the cognitive viewpoint on consciousness?

  It emphasizes consciousness as key to thinking
• What activities involve unconscious processing?

  Perception and most motor movements
• How does selective attention influence consciousness?

  It determines which events we become conscious of
• What is the all-or-nothing model of attention proposed by Broadbent?

  It suggests complete filtering of unattended stimuli
• What does Treisman's attenuation model propose?

  Some unattended information is processed but weakened
• What does the cognitive unconscious suggest about spatial locations?

  Individuals can be directed unconsciously based on cues
• What do clinical cases reveal about consciousness?

  Processes can operate without conscious awareness
• What is blindsight?

  Response to visual stimuli without conscious perception
• What is visual agnosia?

  Inability to recognize objects despite visual detection
• What does the split-brain phenomenon suggest about consciousness?

  Unity of consciousness may be an illusion
• What did Libet's study (1983) suggest about conscious control?

  Conscious awareness may follow unconscious decisions
• What implications arise from the findings on conscious control?

  Questions about free will and accountability
• How does the "control freak" executive view consciousness?

  It assumes conscious self initiates all actions
• What does the "delegator" model propose about consciousness?

  Conscious self delegates to unconscious processes
• What are the implications of the cognitive unconscious for behavior?

  • Efficient thought processes
  • Ability to perform tasks without awareness
  • Consciousness deals with novelty
  • Delegation of routine tasks to unconscious processes
• What are the models of attention and conscious processing discussed?

  • All or nothing model (Broadbent)
  • Attenuation model (Treisman)
  • Selective attention influences consciousness
• What are the clinical examples of cognitive unconscious processes?

  • Blindsight: response without perception
  • Visual agnosia: detection without recognition
  • Split-brain: different responses to stimuli
• What are the implications of Libet's findings on conscious control?

  • Conscious awareness may follow decisions
  • Questions about free will and accountability
  • Consciousness may not initiate actions