PSYA01H3 Chapter 9: Chapter 9 Notes
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You are aware of yourself and your processes: perceiving, planning, remembering, thinking, etc. Able to experience or feel, and to have subjective awareness. We are not conscious of everything and we are not conscious all the time; thus, consciousness is not a general property of all parts of the brain. It is a private experience that cannot be shared directly; however, we can share it through language or words/symbols. We know other ppl are conscious b/c they tell us they are conscious too. We can make plans in words, think about the consequences of these plans in words, and use words to produce behaviours- all without actually saying the words. Understanding consciousness: consciousness is not a natural phenomenon. It is supernatural and miraculous & not to be understood by the human mind. Believed that it cannot be observed through behaviour.
