PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ergot, Pain Management, Opiate
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Ch 4 consciousness: michael corke: music teacher from chicago, after 40th bday, sleeping trouble, eventually stopped sleeping altogether. 4. 1 states of consciousness: (cid:862)what is (cid:272)ons(cid:272)iousness(cid:863) is the (cid:271)iggest (cid:272)hallenge for psy(cid:272)hologists and neuros(cid:272)ientists. Consciousness: alert cognitive state in which you are aware of yourself and your situation, state of awareness. Consciousness is dynamic: still perceived as unified process, william james used analogy of river constantly changing but unbroken hence stream of consciousness. Consciousness involves both arousal and awareness: arousal: alertness/wakefulness awareness: understanding at a particular moment in time of yourself and the environment around you ex: coma: only in one of these states and not both. Conscious can be altered: daydream, alcohol, illness (disease/trauma) Consciousness is produced by brain activity: rejuvenated the study of consciousness. Researchers can look into the brain and see awareness allowing scientists to develop new theories of consciousness. Freud psychodynamic perspective from 100 years ago said that your unconscious mind drives your behavior.