PSYA01H3 Chapter 5: PSYA01 Chapter 5 Notes.docx
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Consciousness a person"s subjective experience of the world and mind. Altered states of consciousness intoxication, hypnosis, medication. Psychologists have a tough time grasping the subjective perspectives of people they study. Phenomenology how things seem to the conscious peon, in their understanding of mind and behaviour. Problem of other minds the fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others. Mind/body problem the issue of how the mind is related to the brain and the body. Ren descartes: human body is a machine made of matter but human mind or soul is a separate entity of a thinking substance : proposed that the mind has its effect on the body through the pineal gland. Mental events are intimately tied to brain events, such that every thought, perception, or feeling is associated with a particular pattern of activation or neurons in the brain. Studies suggest that the brain activities precede the activities of the conscious mind.
