Consciousness is most prominent during change and has little role in fixed reflexes and well-established habits¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 1910 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Consciousness becomes prominent in new activities and gradually disappears as activities become uniform, so it must be studied as a phenomenon of change. → E. A. Kirkpatrick 1910

Evidence¶

E. A. Kirkpatrick 1910¶

E. A. Kirkpatrick. (1910). The Point of View of Genetic Psychology. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0074078

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument, not an empirical test: the author reasons from the nature and functions of consciousness that any state of consciousness is the result of a long series of processes, so scientific study must regard it as 'a phenomenon of change'. The article offers no data for this assertion.

"consciousness is most prominent and useful when changes are taking place. It has little or nothing to do with fixed reflexes and well established habits. It becomes prominent in connection with all new activities and gradually disappears from those activities as they become uniform in character."

Discussion¶

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