PSYCO104 Lecture 6: PSYCH 104 CH 6

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Clayton Dickson

Document Summary

Cogito ergo sum: decartes argued that we can be certain of the fact that we exist, by virtue of experiencing, we can never be certain that any of the content of our experience is true or accurate. Moment to moment awareness of ourselves and environment: subjective and private. Others cannot directly know our reality (& vice versa: dynamic. Mind is aware of its own consciousness. Are objective but cannot indicate what person is experiencing subjectively. Self awareness: not all animals have self-awareness, and humans only tend to develop it around the age of 2. Child looking into mirror and realizing it is self. The libet experiment (1985: unconscious processes in the brain are the true initiator of volitional acts (decision making) Psychodynamic view 3 levels: conscious. Mental events we are currently aware of: preconscious. Outside of current awareness; easily recalled: unconscious. Not brought into conscious awareness under ordinary. Emotional unconscious circumstances: unconscious processes influence emotions and motivations.