PSYC 1030H Lecture 3: Notes
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I"m being controlled by my intentions (guy"s brain activity ramping up 2. 1/2 seconds before he actually decided to press the button. ) It"s similar to how we don"t chose to digest our food or increase our heart rates when we workout. My conscious intention came from an unconscious process. I see her face, i think she"s attractive, but i unconsciously process her proportions in between. When there was magnetic stimulation, the experimenter could essentially control whether or not the person was going to use his or her left or right finger. Cause precedes effect (i didn"t get fat and then over eat) There is no plausible connection (i got fat because i over ate, not because i got new glasses) There are no other plausible causes (i got fat because i over ate, i didn"t start taking hormone shots or something like that) We believe our conscious thoughts caused our actions when the thoughts.