PSY 1305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Modified-Release Dosage, Hallucinogen, Neurotransmitter

• School: Baylor University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1305
• Professor: Danielle Young

Document Summary

Consciousness: awareness of self and environment some states occur spontaneously, daydreaming, drowsiness, dreaming some are physiologically induced, hallucinations food or oxygen starvation, orgasm some are psychologically induced, sensory deprivation, hypnosis, meditation. 1880s: psychology defined as description and explanation of states of consciousness. First half of 20th century: direct observation of behavior. 1960s: consciousness nearly lost; science of behavior. After 1960s; study of consciousness altered by hypnosis, drugs, and meditation; importance of cognition. Today: under the influence of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and cognitive neuroscience, our consciousness has reclaimed its place as an important area of research. Interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language) Information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious (explicit) and unconscious (implicit) tracks: perceptions, memory, attitudes, and other cognitions are affected, high road (takes more conscious thinking) vs low road (automatic actions)