PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Dalmine, Basal Forebrain, Abbreviation

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Bruce Tsuji

Document Summary

The awareness of internal and external stimuli. External and internal events, awareness of one"s self, awareness og thoughts about events. Continuously changing (mental acitivity, due to time of day, sleep, meditation, hypnosis, amount of attention, psychoactive drugs (stream of consciousness) Varies along a continuum of levels of awareness. William james (1890) first to write about consciousness, stream of consciousness (things we do or don"t pay attention to determines whether reach our consciousness) emotion and thought. Freud (1900) behaviour is driven by unconscious and conscious. B. f. skinner (1950) can"t be observed, should ignore it. 1960"s and 70"s: widespread awareness of consciousness altering drugs, ways (behaviours) to pursue altered state of consciousness. Attention and consciousness related but not identical. Degree of intentional control over cognitive processes caires. Theory of unconscious by ap dijksterhuis, uni of amsterdam. Under some circumstances, quality of decision with no conscious.