PSYA01H3 Lecture Notes - Intentionality, Delta Wave, Rapid Eye Movement Sleep
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Scientists now try to talk about consciousness, everything is very interconnected. Being self-aware, do you see yourself as an entity, with animals its very controversial (does the dog know itself as an entity) Unity: consciousness is very hard to divide, conscious of one thing at a time Why is a cellphone more dangerous than having a friend in the car, the person in the car can see whats going on as well. Selectivity: only certain aspects of stimuli are brought into consciousness. Transience: it is difficult to keep consciousness from moving (fixed on one topic) Colleagues are very important this is what makes consciousness so fun and difficult its really hard to study scientifically, mind body problem. Ex: your boss hates you and you have this feeling you better not screw up or you"ll get fired, and if you get fired you"ll let your family down. you feel this every day.
