PSY 538 Quiz 6 Consciousness Flashcards Preview

MS Behavior Analysis > PSY 538 Quiz 6 Consciousness > Flashcards

Flashcards in PSY 538 Quiz 6 Consciousness Deck (8)
Loading flashcards...
1
Q

Why aren’t we explaining consciousness?

A
  1. 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

2
Q

How is consciousness only a word?

A

It’s not a thing, place or cognitive process; it’s only a word that we use in a variety of ways.

3
Q

How is qualia used?

A

As a subjective experience.

4
Q

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

A more parsimonious approach.

5
Q

What are we doing when we say we are conscious?

A

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

6
Q

Consciousness according to Skinner?

A

. Reacting to one’s own behavior verbally, and is, thus, ironically a social product taught to us by others.

7
Q

What do we mean by consciousness?

A

we usually mean that she can describe what she is doing.

8
Q

What two neurological disorders provide evidence of consciousness as a verbal description of the environment and our own behavior

A

anterograde amnesia

visual agnosia

Decks in MS Behavior Analysis Class (99):