Psychology
Chapter 3 Consciousness
Chapter 3 Consciousness
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| Langue | English |
| Catégorie | Psychologie |
| Niveau | École primaire |
| Crée / Actualisé | 16.10.2014 / 17.10.2014 |
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consciousness is
alertness
self-awareness
having free will
a persons's mental content, thoughts, and imaginings
consciousness
being able to make a "conscious" decision
having free will
the ability to think about self
self-awareness
being awake vs. being unconscious
alertness
"our awareness of ourselves and our environment"
consciousness
two problems of consciousness
the easy problem
the hard problem
when are we conscious, when are we not conscious?
the easy problem
what constitues your subjective experience
the hard problem
how can we distinguish one consciousness from another
hard problem
can investigate by comparing physiological changes in the brain when state of consciousness is shifted
the easy problem
ways consciousness can change psychologically
daydreaming
meditation
hypnosis
physiological ways consciousness can change
dreaming
hallucination
drowsiness
dual track mind
conscious and unconscious
"high" track
conscious
"low" track
unconscious
our minds take deliberate actions we know what we are doing
conscious
examples of conscious mind
problem solving, naming an object, defining a work
our minds perform automatic actions, often without being aware of them
unconscious
examples of unconscious mind
walking, acquiring phobias, processing sensory details into perceptions and memories
by directing our attention to a particular activity we become _________ of it
conscious
we tend to be blind when we are really focusing on one activity
inattentional blindness
subset of inattentional blindness, we don't notice an obvious change in our surroundings
change blindness
FLASHLIGHT beam focuses on what you would like to pay attention to
selective attention
the greatest strength of our mental lives
selective attention
directs your perception to specific information provided by your senses
selective attention
sleep-wake cycles =
circadian rythms
unconsciuos processes influence our
conscious processes
benefits of sleep
memory
mood
problem solving
attention
why sleep?
may have something to do w the special state of consciousness during REM sleep
"what are dreams"
NOVA
what can tell us what stage of consciousness the person's experiencing?
different waves produced by nueronal activity
alertness: beta
awake and active
alertness: alpha
awake and relaxes
alertness: delta
asleep in non-REM stage
REM
rapid eye movement
body paralyzed, eyeballs moving under eyelids
REM sleep
traits of REM sleep
increased heart rate, faster breathing
which sleep is typically associated w best memory emprovement and ability to solve problems creatively
REM
