Psychology 2011A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White Noise, Explicit Knowledge, Psychopathy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2011A/B
• Professor: Imants Baruss

Document Summary

Hallucinations: are perceptions that do not correspond to physical reality. 3 perspectives that consciousness can be approached; physiological, cognitive, and the experimental. Physiological: concerned with the physiological processes involve in consciousness as studied usually within neuroscience using methods appropriate for the biological sciences. Cognitive: concerned with cognitive processes involved in consciousness such as perception, thinking, memory, decision making and creativity: falls within the disciplines of psychology, philosophy and computer science, knowledge of cognitive events is acquired through observation of behaviour. Experimental: concerned with the conscious experiences that a person has for herself: aka phenomenological perspective, depends on introspection: a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)(cid:859)s e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)atio(cid:374) of he(cid:396) own experiences as a primary method of investigation. Consciousness1: refers to the registration of information and acting on it in a goal-directed manner: associated with physiological and cognitive perspective. Behavioural consciousness2: (cid:396)efe(cid:396)s to the e(cid:454)pli(cid:272)it k(cid:374)o(cid:449)ledge of o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s situatio(cid:374), (cid:373)e(cid:374)tal states, a(cid:374)d actions demonstrated behaviourally: cognitive and experiential perspectives.