Quantifying Consciousness: An Empirical ApproachThis book presents an approach to quantifying consciousness and its various states. It represents over ten years of work in developing, test ing, and researching the use of relatively simple self-report question naires in the retrospective assessment of subjective or phenomenologi cal experience. While the simplicity of the method allows for subjective experience to be reliably and validly assessed across various short stim ulus conditions, the flexibility of the approach allows the cognitive psy chologist, consciousness researcher, and mental health professional to quantify and statistically assess the phenomenological variables associ ated with various stimulus conditions, altered-state induction tech niques, and clinical procedures. The methodology allows the cognitive psychologist and mental health professional to comprehensively quantify the structures and pat terns of subjective experience dealing with imagery, attention, affect, volitional control, internal dialogue, and so forth to determine how these phenomenological structures might covary during such stimulus conditions as free association, a sexual fantasy, creative problem solving, or a panic attack. It allows for various phenomenological pro cesses to be reported, quantified, and statistically assessed in a rather comprehensive fashion that should help shed greater understanding on the nature of mind or consciousness. |
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An Empirical Approach R.J. Pekala. Preface This book presents an approach to quantifying ... experience . While the simplicity of the method allows for subjective ... phenomenological variables associ- ated with various stimulus conditions ...
An Empirical Approach R.J. Pekala. Preface This book presents an approach to quantifying ... experience . While the simplicity of the method allows for subjective ... phenomenological variables associ- ated with various stimulus conditions ...
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... phenomenological data and organizes and struc- tures those data into states and altered states of consciousness . By ask- ing subjects what they experience during various stimulus conditions , the researcher or clinician can determine ...
... phenomenological data and organizes and struc- tures those data into states and altered states of consciousness . By ask- ing subjects what they experience during various stimulus conditions , the researcher or clinician can determine ...
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... phenomenological experience . International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis , 36 , 80–88 . Kumar , V. K. , & Pekala , R. J. ( 1989 ) . Variations in phenomenological experience as a function of hypnotic susceptibility : A ...
... phenomenological experience . International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis , 36 , 80–88 . Kumar , V. K. , & Pekala , R. J. ( 1989 ) . Variations in phenomenological experience as a function of hypnotic susceptibility : A ...
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An Empirical Approach R.J. Pekala. Pekala , R. J. , & Kumar , V. K. ( 1984 ) . Predicting hypnotic susceptibility by a self - report phenomenological state instrument . American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis , 27 , 114–121 . Pekala ...
An Empirical Approach R.J. Pekala. Pekala , R. J. , & Kumar , V. K. ( 1984 ) . Predicting hypnotic susceptibility by a self - report phenomenological state instrument . American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis , 27 , 114–121 . Pekala ...
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An Empirical Approach R.J. Pekala. 2. Phenomenological Perspectives on Consciousness Consciousness The Phenomenology ... Experience and Personality Mandler's Structure of Mind and Consciousness Anderson's ACT * Model Consciousness Parallel ...
An Empirical Approach R.J. Pekala. 2. Phenomenological Perspectives on Consciousness Consciousness The Phenomenology ... Experience and Personality Mandler's Structure of Mind and Consciousness Anderson's ACT * Model Consciousness Parallel ...
Contents
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11 | |
Phenomenological Perspectives on Consciousness | 31 |
The Cognitive Revolution in Psychology | 53 |
Consciousness | 60 |
Consciousness and the Unconscious | 68 |
Development Reliability and Validity of | 91 |
41 | 98 |
Rationale for the Use of Retrospective Phenomenological | 208 |
Retrospective Phenomenological Assessment | 215 |
StimulusState Specificity | 225 |
A Note on Methodology as to Fundamental Structures | 233 |
Conclusions | 242 |
The Trait of Absorption and Subjective Experience | 245 |
From Classical to Contemporary Introspection | 256 |
Using the PCI to Investigate TraitState Aspects | 259 |
Reliability | 99 |
11 | 100 |
51 | 104 |
Development Reliability and Validity of | 113 |
19 | 120 |
Introduction | 127 |
Development Reliability and Validity of the Dimensions | 145 |
12222 | 152 |
Study 2 | 159 |
Graphing Devices for the Retrospective Phenomenological | 171 |
Icons | 192 |
Using Retrospective Phenomenological Assessment | 205 |
Study 2 | 268 |
Study 3 | 279 |
The Differential Organization of the Structures | 289 |
Study 2 | 302 |
Predicting Hypnotic Susceptibility with the PCI | 309 |
Assessing an OutoftheBody Experience with the | 333 |
Discussion | 340 |
Appendixes | 351 |
B DAQ Items as a Function of DAQ Dimensions Using | 357 |
References | 395 |
About the Author | 411 |
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A)DCQ absorption ADCQ altered experience ANOVA associated attention dimensions Attention Questionnaire average awareness baseline condition behavior biofeedback body image cluster analysis coefficient alpha cognitive cognitive psychology completed the PCI correlation matrices different stimulus conditions dimension intensity dimensions of consciousness erotica experienced eyes open eyes-open factor factor analysis greater alterations Harvard Group Scale Harvard Scale high susceptibles hypnosis hypnotic induction hypnotic susceptibility imagery amount individuals induction procedure intensity and pattern intensity scores internal dialogue introspection item-pairs Jennrich test Likert scale low susceptibles major dimensions medium memory negative affect nomenological PCI dimensions PCI sub)dimensions Pekala & Kumar perception phenomenological assessment phenomenological experience Phenomenology of Consciousness pips positive affect predicted procedural knowledge progressive relaxation psychology psygrams reference reliability index reported sciousness self-awareness significant differences significantly different Singer stimulus conditions stream of consciousness structures subjective experience subsystems suggests Tart tion variability variance volitional control