PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Utah Transit Authority, Iceberg, Edward B. Titchener
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This question has been asked for a long time. Consciousness moment to moment awareness of ourselves and the environment: actually aware and processing the information. Subject and private: others cannot directly know our reality (and vice versa) For example, some people think pop is too fizzy and others drink it because it is fizzy. For example, if you"re tired your experience of coffee is different than if you"re already wide awake: can change day to day based on mood, age, etc. Self-reflective: mind is aware of its own consciousness. Seemed ideally suited for psychology: wundt and titchener. We can infer a lot from the absence of consciousness. Perform many functions without being aware of it: for example, talking to someone and remembering it three weeks later while in conversation with someone else. Blindsight: eyes and nerves work but the part of the brain that decodes these impulses does not work, so you can"t see consciously (not consciously aware)
