PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cataplexy, Shift Work, Basal Forebrain

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Heather Jenkin

Document Summary

We are constantly conscious about our consciousness. alertness self awareness having free will a person"s mental content, thoughts and imaginings. What are the forms of consciousness? some occur spontaneously (daydreaming) some are physiologically induced (hallucinations) some are psychologically induced (hypnosis) Descartes: mind is non physical and immortal body is physical and mortal. Spinoza: mind and brain are 2 diff levels of explanation or the same thing. Reductionism: your mind is what your brain is doing mind based concepts are simply biological constructs. Measuring consciousness self reports, asking questions direct but not verifiable physiological ex. Eeg more objective than subjective behavioural performance on tasks need to infer state of mind. Watched: dolphins reacting to mirror underwater cnn youtube video. Dual track mind conscious high track we are self aware our minds take deliberate actions ex. Problem solving, naming an object unconscious low track our mind performs automatic actions, often them without being aware of them ex. walking, acquiring phobias.