PS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Circadian Rhythm, Pineal Gland, Autopilot
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Classical conditioning-usually results in a fear or phobia. Operant- goal--> outcome (shaped in small baby steps, for example a very large gesture) The question has been around for a long time (wundt started consciousness and conscious experience: attending and awareness of your consciousness (actually aware, moment to moment awareness of ourselves and environment. Subjective and private (consciousness is unique to you and no one knows what you are thinking, parents usually know what you are thinking up to 4 years old: others cannot directly know our reality (and vice versa) Dynamic: ever changing, when you are tired, your experience of coffee will be different than when you are perky, zero experience is exactly the same. Self reflective: mind is aware of its own consciousness. Seemed ideally suited psychology (philosophy drove a lot of the understanding of consciousness) Difficult topic (no one could agree what an experience is, trying to explain behaviours)
