PPT-Consciousness: Sleep, Dreams, Hypnosis, and Drugs

Chapter 4 Ciccarelli and White Introductory Psychology Spring 2014 What is Consciousness Content Consciousness vs Phenomenal Consciousness A persons awareness of everything that is going on around himher at any given moment which is used to organize behavior. Modules 7-10. AP Psychology. Ms. C. Fahey. Module 7: The Brain & Consciousness. Consciousness: . The process underlying the mental model we create of the world of which we are aware.. It is also a part of the mind from which we can potentially retrieve a fact, an idea, an emotion, or a memory and combine it with critical thinking.. AP Psychology. Ms. Brown. Myers – Ch. 7. “His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. . Let us lose it for a few hours.”. F. Scott Fitzgerald. Consciousness. Our awareness of ourselves and our environment (constantly processing information). Consciousness. Chapter 7. 2. History of Consciousness. Psychology began as a science of consciousness.. Behaviorists argued about alienating consciousness from psychology.. However, after 1960, mental concepts (consciousness) started reentering psychology.. Definitions for the Brain and Consciousness . (Myers Module 7). Directions: Read these.. William James: . the father of functionalism; studied consciousness and its relation to adaptive behavior in every day life.. Sleeping, dreaming, hypnotizing, meditating, and…drugging?. SECTION 1: SLEEP AND DREAMS. Sleep is an essential state of consciousness. It involves stages and periods of dreaming. CONSCIOUSNESS. Def: a state of awareness, including a person’s feelings, sensations, ideas, and perceptions. CHAPTER 7. CONSCIOUSNESS. Define: consciousness is our awareness of ourselves and our environment.. CONSCIOUSNESS. We will explore altered states of consciousness. Sleep. Hypnosis. Drug induced. SLEEP. What is Consciousness?. Consciousness. has been defined by psychologists as our awareness of ourselves and our environment.. The awareness varies depending on our attention to the task at hand. Ex: driving.. Sleep Journal. Researchers are still exploring the reason for sleep and dreaming. Consider what would be lost and gained if the need for sleep were eliminated.. Over the next five days you will be keeping a sleep journal. 11/1/13. *It’s November…WHAAAAT?!?!?!. Learning Targets. 1. Describe various states of consciousness and their impact on behavior. . 2. Discuss aspects of sleep and dreaming: . A. stages and characteristics of the sleep cycle; . Do you consider yourself to be a “morning person” or a “night person?”. Do you often fall asleep/get sleepy in school?. Have you/do you sleep walk? Have you/do you sleep talk?. Do you have recurring dreams??. AP Psychology. Alice F. Short. Hilliard Davidson High School. States . of Consciousness. The Nature of Consciousness. Defining Consciousness. Consciousness and the Brain. Levels of Awareness. Sleep and Dreams. What is Consciousness?. Consciousness. : awareness of ourselves and our environment.. The awareness varies depending on our attention to the task at hand. Ex: driving.. Consciousness and Information Processing. Chapter 7. 2. OBJECTIVE 1. | Discuss the history of psychology’s study of consciousness and contrast conscious and unconscious information processing.. 3. History of Consciousness. Psychology began as a science of consciousness.. 1) What does . consciousness. mean?. 2) Give some examples of . consciousness. ? What about . unconsciousness. ? . 3)What are some ways where we can . alter. our . consciousness. ? . Video Questions: Ted-.