Describe the relationship of conscious decisions and movements. What may this relationship reveal about consciousness?
What will be an ideal response?
Each of us has the feeling, "I consciously decide to do something, and then I do it." That sequence seems so obvious that we might not even question it, but research casts doubt on this assumption. Research indicates that the brain activity responsible for the movement apparently began before the person's conscious decision to move. The results seem to indicate that your conscious decision does not cause your action. Rather, you become conscious of the decision after the process leading to action has already been underway for about 300 ms. None of these results deny that you make a voluntary decision. The implication, however, is that what we identify as a conscious decision is the perception of a gradual brain process. It probably begins with unconscious processes that build up to a certain level before they become conscious.
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Allport is to __________ traits as Cattell is to __________ traits.
A. cardinal; peripheral B. secondary; central C. source; idiographic D. central; source
The behavioral approach focused on mental processes.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which statement concerning toddlers' understanding of gender roles is true?
a. Females appear to understand gender-based activities much earlier than males. b. Males appear to understand gender-based activities much earlier than females. c. Females and males appear to understand gender-based activities at the same age. d. Neither males nor female toddlers show any understanding of gender-basedactivities.
Increasingly, researchers __________
A) assume that development stops at adolescence B) view old age as a period of decline C) view heredity as more influential than the environment D) see development as a perpetually ongoing process