Question 1

A primary function of consciousness is:

Accepted Answer

A)  To plan 
B)  Social communication 
C)  To access information 
D)  To exercise global coordination 
E)  To control 
A)  To plan 
B)  Social communication 
C)  To access information 
D)  To exercise global coordination 
E)  To control B

Question 2

Access consciousness is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Refers to the actions associated with consciousness 
B)  Refers to the feelings associated with consciousness 
C)  Refers to the experiential characteristics of consciousness 
D)  Refers to the immediate conscious experience 
E)  Refers to the functions that can be associated with consciousness 
A)  Refers to the actions associated with consciousness 
B)  Refers to the feelings associated with consciousness 
C)  Refers to the experiential characteristics of consciousness 
D)  Refers to the immediate conscious experience 
E)  Refers to the functions that can be associated with consciousness E

Question 3

Sperling's (1960) research evidence indicated conscious experience is often:

Accepted Answer

A)  Under-report conscious experience 
B)  Over-report conscious experience 
C)  Our conscious experience is controlled by current experiences 
D)  Conscious experience is short-lived 
E)  Conscious experience is dictated by performance time 
A)  Under-report conscious experience 
B)  Over-report conscious experience 
C)  Our conscious experience is controlled by current experiences 
D)  Conscious experience is short-lived 
E)  Conscious experience is dictated by performance time A

Question 4

According to Gazzaniga, the interpreter system of consciousness is based in which area of the brain?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hippocampus 
B)  Broca's area 
C)  Left hemisphere 
D)  Temporal lobes 
E)  Cerebellum 
A)  Hippocampus 
B)  Broca's area 
C)  Left hemisphere 
D)  Temporal lobes 
E)  Cerebellum

Question 5

Who regarded the left hemisphere as dominant because language processing is typically centered there, and took the view that split-brain patients have two minds, each with its own consciousness?

Accepted Answer

A)  George Sperling 
B)  Michael Gazzaniga 
C)  Benjamin Libet 
D)  Roger Sperry 
E)  Victor Lamme 
A)  George Sperling 
B)  Michael Gazzaniga 
C)  Benjamin Libet 
D)  Roger Sperry 
E)  Victor Lamme

Question 6

The key finding of Libet et al. (1983) on consciousness and intention was that:

Accepted Answer

A)  Participants were unaware of their conscious intentions 
B)  No readiness potentials were detected in the brain 
C)  Readiness potentials in the brain occurred before conscious awareness of an intention 
D)  Readiness potentials in the brain occurred during conscious awareness of an intention 
E)  Readiness potentials in the brain occurred after conscious awareness of an intention 
A)  Participants were unaware of their conscious intentions 
B)  No readiness potentials were detected in the brain 
C)  Readiness potentials in the brain occurred before conscious awareness of an intention 
D)  Readiness potentials in the brain occurred during conscious awareness of an intention 
E)  Readiness potentials in the brain occurred after conscious awareness of an intention

Question 7

Studying neural correlates of consciousness has many problems. Which statement does NOT reflect these issues:

Accepted Answer

A)  It is hard to disentagle which neural activity is associated with conscious awareness and task-related processes 
B)  Neuroimaging measures may access consciousness more directly than behavioural measures alone 
C)  It is hard to establish the relationship between a given pattern of neural activity and consciousness 
D)  Research is limited to neural correlates of visual conscious awareness 
E)  Little is known about neural processess associated with conscious awareness of past or future events 
A)  It is hard to disentagle which neural activity is associated with conscious awareness and task-related processes 
B)  Neuroimaging measures may access consciousness more directly than behavioural measures alone 
C)  It is hard to establish the relationship between a given pattern of neural activity and consciousness 
D)  Research is limited to neural correlates of visual conscious awareness 
E)  Little is known about neural processess associated with conscious awareness of past or future events

Question 8

Who stated we have only the illusion of conscious or free will?

Accepted Answer

A)  George Sperling 
B)  Adrian Owen 
C)  Carl Jung 
D)  Daniel Wegner 
E)  Victor Lamme 
A)  George Sperling 
B)  Adrian Owen 
C)  Carl Jung 
D)  Daniel Wegner 
E)  Victor Lamme

Question 9

In a study by Wegner and Wheatley (1999), two participants were instructed to stop a cursor every 30 s or so and to indicate whether they had consciously intended the cursor to stop where it did. This is an example of a study of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Free will 
B)  Conscious attention 
C)  Attentional control 
D)  Action selection 
E)  Social perception 
A)  Free will 
B)  Conscious attention 
C)  Attentional control 
D)  Action selection 
E)  Social perception

Question 10

Who conducted elaborate EEG work that indicates free will is an illusion by showing brain activity in the motor cortex occurs before the intention to move?

Accepted Answer

A)  George Sperling 
B)  Adrian Owen 
C)  Benjamin Libet 
D)  Daniel Wegner 
E)  Victor Lamme 
A)  George Sperling 
B)  Adrian Owen 
C)  Benjamin Libet 
D)  Daniel Wegner 
E)  Victor Lamme

Question 11

Which of the following involves feedback from higher to lower areas and has been linked to conscious awareness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Feedforward sweep 
B)  Feedback sweep 
C)  Recalcitrant propagation 
D)  Cascaded processing 
E)  Recurrent processing 
A)  Feedforward sweep 
B)  Feedback sweep 
C)  Recalcitrant propagation 
D)  Cascaded processing 
E)  Recurrent processing

Question 12

Which of the following statements describes one of the assumptions of global workspace theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  All information processing occurs unconsciously 
B)  Conscious awareness is associated with synchronised brain activity 
C)  Attention plays no part in conscious awareness 
D)  All information processing occurs consciously 
E)  The global workspace has an unlimited capacity 
A)  All information processing occurs unconsciously 
B)  Conscious awareness is associated with synchronised brain activity 
C)  Attention plays no part in conscious awareness 
D)  All information processing occurs consciously 
E)  The global workspace has an unlimited capacity

Question 13

According to Bor and Seth (2012), there is an important distinction between:

Accepted Answer

A)  Conscious awareness and conscious being 
B)  Conscious awareness and conscious behaviour 
C)  Conscious content and conscious level 
D)  Conscious perception and conscious emotion 
E)  Conscious experience and conscious awareness 
A)  Conscious awareness and conscious being 
B)  Conscious awareness and conscious behaviour 
C)  Conscious content and conscious level 
D)  Conscious perception and conscious emotion 
E)  Conscious experience and conscious awareness

Question 14

Who proposed the global workspace theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dehaene and Changeux (2011) 
B)  Baars (1988) 
C)  Pinker (1997) 
D)  Webb and Graziano (2015) 
E)  Lamme (2018) 
A)  Dehaene and Changeux (2011) 
B)  Baars (1988) 
C)  Pinker (1997) 
D)  Webb and Graziano (2015) 
E)  Lamme (2018)

Question 15

The question of how physical processes in the brain can give rise to subjective experience was referred to by Chalmers (2007) as:

Accepted Answer

A)  The easy problem 
B)  The hard problem 
C)  The binding problem 
D)  The integration problem 
E)  The self-problem 
A)  The easy problem 
B)  The hard problem 
C)  The binding problem 
D)  The integration problem 
E)  The self-problem

Question 16

Which three brain areas were identified by Dehaene and Changeux (2011) as being particularly important in the conscious experience?

Accepted Answer

A)  Prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex and cingulate 
B)  Cerebellum, pons and nucleus accumbens 
C)  Fusiform face area, putamen and medulla 
D)  Superior colliculus, reticular formation and occipital cortex 
E)  Hippocampus, pons and reticular formation 
A)  Prefrontal cortex, parietal cortex and cingulate 
B)  Cerebellum, pons and nucleus accumbens 
C)  Fusiform face area, putamen and medulla 
D)  Superior colliculus, reticular formation and occipital cortex 
E)  Hippocampus, pons and reticular formation

Question 17

Phenomenal consciousness is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Refers to the actions associated with consciousness 
B)  Refers to the feelings associated with consciousness 
C)  Refers to the experiential characteristics of consciousness 
D)  Refers to the immediate conscious experience 
E)  Refers to the functions that can be associated with consciousness 
A)  Refers to the actions associated with consciousness 
B)  Refers to the feelings associated with consciousness 
C)  Refers to the experiential characteristics of consciousness 
D)  Refers to the immediate conscious experience 
E)  Refers to the functions that can be associated with consciousness

Question 18

The vegetative state is defined, behaviourally, by all of the following criteria EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  No evidence of wakefulness 
B)  No response to external stimuli that suggests volition 
C)  No evidence of language comprehension 
D)  No external evidence of awareness 
E)  No evidence of language expression 
A)  No evidence of wakefulness 
B)  No response to external stimuli that suggests volition 
C)  No evidence of language comprehension 
D)  No external evidence of awareness 
E)  No evidence of language expression

Question 19

Block (2012) distinguised between how many forms of consciousness?

Accepted Answer

A)  One 
B)  Two 
C)  Three 
D)  Four 
E)  Five 
A)  One 
B)  Two 
C)  Three 
D)  Four 
E)  Five

Question 20

What are the main functions of consciousness?

Accepted Answer

A)  Perceiving the environment 
B)  Social communication 
C)  Control 
D)  Think about events and issues far removed 
E)  All of the above 
A)  Perceiving the environment 
B)  Social communication 
C)  Control 
D)  Think about events and issues far removed 
E)  All of the above

A primary function of consciousness is:

Access consciousness is:

Sperling's (1960) research evidence indicated conscious experience is often:

According to Gazzaniga, the interpreter system of consciousness is based in which area of the brain?

Who regarded the left hemisphere as dominant because language processing is typically centered there, and took the view that split-brain patients have two minds, each with its own consciousness?

The key finding of Libet et al. (1983) on consciousness and intention was that:

Studying neural correlates of consciousness has many problems. Which statement does NOT reflect these issues:

Who stated we have only the illusion of conscious or free will?

In a study by Wegner and Wheatley (1999), two participants were instructed to stop a cursor every 30 s or so and to indicate whether they had consciously intended the cursor to stop where it did. This is an example of a study of:

Who conducted elaborate EEG work that indicates free will is an illusion by showing brain activity in the motor cortex occurs before the intention to move?

Which of the following involves feedback from higher to lower areas and has been linked to conscious awareness?

Which of the following statements describes one of the assumptions of global workspace theory?

According to Bor and Seth (2012), there is an important distinction between:

Who proposed the global workspace theory?

The question of how physical processes in the brain can give rise to subjective experience was referred to by Chalmers (2007) as:

Which three brain areas were identified by Dehaene and Changeux (2011) as being particularly important in the conscious experience?

Phenomenal consciousness is:

The vegetative state is defined, behaviourally, by all of the following criteria EXCEPT:

Block (2012) distinguised between how many forms of consciousness?

What are the main functions of consciousness?

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Exam 16: Consciousness

A primary function of consciousness is:

Access consciousness is:

Sperling's (1960) research evidence indicated conscious experience is often:

According to Gazzaniga, the interpreter system of consciousness is based in which area of the brain?

Who regarded the left hemisphere as dominant because language processing is typically centered there, and took the view that split-brain patients have two minds, each with its own consciousness?

The key finding of Libet et al. (1983) on consciousness and intention was that:

Studying neural correlates of consciousness has many problems. Which statement does NOT reflect these issues:

Who stated we have only the illusion of conscious or free will?

In a study by Wegner and Wheatley (1999), two participants were instructed to stop a cursor every 30 s or so and to indicate whether they had consciously intended the cursor to stop where it did. This is an example of a study of:

Who conducted elaborate EEG work that indicates free will is an illusion by showing brain activity in the motor cortex occurs before the intention to move?

Which of the following involves feedback from higher to lower areas and has been linked to conscious awareness?

Which of the following statements describes one of the assumptions of global workspace theory?

According to Bor and Seth (2012), there is an important distinction between:

Who proposed the global workspace theory?

The question of how physical processes in the brain can give rise to subjective experience was referred to by Chalmers (2007) as:

Which three brain areas were identified by Dehaene and Changeux (2011) as being particularly important in the conscious experience?

Phenomenal consciousness is:

The vegetative state is defined, behaviourally, by all of the following criteria EXCEPT:

Block (2012) distinguised between how many forms of consciousness?

What are the main functions of consciousness?

Approaches to Human Cognition

Basic Processes in Visual Perception

Object and Face Recognition

Motor Perception and Action

Attention and Performance

Learning, Memory and Forgetting

Long-Term Memory Systems

Everyday Memory

Speech Perception and Reading

Language Comprehension

Language Production

Problem Solving and Expertise

Judgement and Decision Making

Reasoning and Hypothesis Testing

Cognition and Emotion

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