PPT-States of Consciousness Ch. 5

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. Rene Descartes. . Reasoned that the mind is a non-physical entity (i.e. A soul), whereas the body is a physical, fleshy structure (i.e. Matter). He believed mind and body interacted through the pineal gland (a structure near the centre of the . 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.. Year 12 Psychology Unit 3 – The Conscious Self. Area of Study 1: Mind, Brain and Body. Chapter 2 . (pages 96 to 131). States of Consciousness. Level of awareness of our internal state & external events. This determines how much of this information we take in & respond to.. 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). Pamela Sturm Anderson, . Ed.D. .. . © 2015. A Little Brain Anatomy and Mechanics. The Brain. Image from. Brain Facts: A Primer. of the Brain and the Nervous . Sysem. , p.5.. 2008 Society for Neuroscience. fishing for selves . How many . subjects of experience . is a split-brain subject? . Question. Approach. A split-brain subject, S, is . two . subjects of experience, R and L,. because a split-brain subject dual qua . (Newman, 2011a, p. 1). Brought to you By Group #2. Group Members:. Andrea . Bengston. Jessica Stewart. Joseph . Urbanski. (Jones, 2007, p. 306). Margaret Newman. I like being on time.. I wish everyone did.. 7-1: . WHAT IS THE PLACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN PSYCHOLOGY’S HISTORY?. 1880s. : . Psychology . at. its beginning was defined . as description and explanation of states of . consciousness. First half of 20. Drugs and Consciousness. Continued use of psychoactive drugs can lead to tolerance. Diminishing effect with regular use of the same drug requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before discontinuing the use of an addictive drug. : our level of . awareness. about ourselves and the environment. .. Your awareness of external events. Your awareness of internal sensations. Your awareness of yourself as a unique being having these experiences. 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.. Whitestone Consulting LLC- Department of Defense Fort Drum NY USA North Country Urgent Care Watertown New York USA khyberjohnyahoocom The neurogenetic correlates of consciousness NgCC is a new field o Cognitive Neuroscience. David Eagleman. Jonathan . Downar. Chapter Outline. Awareness Requires Attention. Approaches to Studying Attention and Awareness. Neural Mechanisms of Attention and Awareness. behaviour. ?. Dot Point #1: The consciousness continuum . consciousness as a . psychological construct . that . varies along a continuum. , broadly . categorised. into . normal waking . consciousness .