PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Hashish, Hypnic Jerk, Tetrahydrocannabinol

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Russell Day

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Consciousness: is a perso(cid:374)"s su(cid:271)je(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)e of the (cid:449)orld a(cid:374)d the (cid:373)i(cid:374)d: allows us to experience a work of art, music, etc. Conscious experience is essential to what it means to be human. Consciousness is utterly private, a world of personal experience that only you can know: we cannot find out what a person is really thinking, or if they are thinking. Unlike physics, chemistry and biology which study object, psychology has the challenge of trying to make sense of the subjects. Phenomenology: how things seem to the conscious person, in their understanding of mind and behaviour. Psychologists hope to include an understanding of phenomenology. By including phenomenology, it brings up mysteries. The fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others. The issue of how the mind is related to the brain and body. There is no clear way to differentiate between a conscious person and an unconscious person.