Author Question: Brianna wishes to understand how consciousness helps people to cope with their environment. To study ... (Read 70 times)

geoffrey · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Brianna wishes to understand how consciousness helps people to cope with their environment. To study this, she observes people and conducts experiments dealing with memory and the changing pattern of images and sensations people experience. She would most likely be classified as a ____.

a. structuralist
b. functionalist
c. behaviorist
d. Gestaltist

Question 2

Roger and Amanda are attempting to define consciousness. What is consciousness? What does consciousness consist of? asks Roger. Amanda says, I think it would be more helpful to think about the purpose of consciousness. For example, how does it help us adapt to our environment? Roger takes a____ approach to defining consciousness, while Amanda takes a____ approach.

a. structuralist; behavioral
b. behavioral; structuralist
c. functionalist; structuralist
d. structuralist; functionalist