Psychology 2011A/B Chapter : Altered States of Consciousness Reading.docx

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Hallucinations: perceptions that do not correspond to physical reality. Introspection: an examination of a persons own experiences as its primary method of investigation. These three areas can be effected at the same time. Marijuana has effects on her brain but also has effects on the brain and cognition. It is important to engage all three of these when investigating consciousness. 4 definitions of consciousness: refers to the registration of information and acting on it in a goal directed manner, behavioral consciousness, refers to the explicit knowledge of ones situation, mental states and actions demonstrated behaviorally. 2b) refers to the experiential stream of events that occurs subjectively for a person: refers to the sense of existence of the subject of the experiential stream. Example of behavioral conscious would be an organism demonstrating substantial explicit knowledge of its own situation, states or actions. This commonly applies to human beings but will eventually also apply to humans.

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