PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: 18 Months, Preconscious, Attention

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Rebecca Jubis

Document Summary

Moment to moment awareness of ourselves and environment. Others cannot directly know our reality (and vice versa) Mind is aware of its own consciousness. Self-awareness; the ability to think about self. Having free will; being able to make a conscious decision. A person"s mental content, thoughts, and imaginings. To explore the nature of consciousness, it helps to first choose a definition. In the text, consciousness is defined as: our awareness of ourselves and our environment. Possibly, because we have a narrative experience of that awareness. Psychology was once defined as the description and explanation of states of consciousness. Now, consciousness is just one topic among many for psychologists. Dualist say yes the mind and body are interacting but distinct entities. Monists argue that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing. Mind and brain are two different levels of explanation for the same thing. That mind is what the brain does.