PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Subliminal Stimuli, Circadian Rhythm, Narcolepsy

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Patrick Carolan

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5. 1 co(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious a(cid:374)d u(cid:374)(cid:272)o(cid:374)s(cid:272)ious: the mi(cid:374)d"s e(cid:455)e, ope(cid:374) a(cid:374)d closed. Phenomenology how things seem to the conscious person. Problem of other minds the fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others. People judge minds according to the capacity for: experience: ability to feel pain, pleasure, hunger, consciousness, anger, or fear, agency: ability for self-control, planning, memory, or thought. Mind-body problem the issue of how the mind is related to the brain and body. Mental control the attempt to change conscious states of mind. Rebound effect of thought suppression the tendency of a thought to return to consciousness. Thought suppression the conscious avoidance of a thought with greater frequency following suppression: suggests that attempts at mental control may be difficult. Ironic processes of mental control mental processes that can produce ironic errors because monitoring for errors can itself produce them.