Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - James Esdaile, Preconscious, Adverse Drug Reaction

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Terry Biggs

Document Summary

State of consciousness: a pattern of subjective experience, a way of experiencing internal and external events. Altered stat of consciousness: variations from our normal waking state. Consciousness: our moment-to-moment awareness of ourselves and our environment; it is. Subjective and private: other people cannot directly know what reality is for you, nor can you enter directly into their experiences. Dynamic (ever-changing): although the stimuli of which we are aware constantly change, we typically experience consciousness as a continuously flowing stream" of mental activity, rather than as disjointed perceptions and thoughts. Self-reflective and central to our sense of self: the mind is aware of its own consciousness; you can reflect on the fact that you" are the one who is conscious of it. Intimately connected with the process of selective attention: focuses conscious awareness of some stimuli to the exclusion of others; the consciousness reflects whatever is illuminate at the moment.