PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Brainstem, Hypnagogia, Sleep Spindle
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Phenomenology - how things seem to the conscious person. Problem of other minds - the fundamental di culty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others. People judge minds according to the capacity for experience and 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. Rene descartes - human body is machine made, but the human mind or soul is a separate entity made of a thinking substance. The brain"s activities precede the activities of the conscious mind. The timing of conscious will - participant move ngers while watching a dot move around face of clock, to mark the moment at which the action was consciously willed. Brain started to show electrical activity before the person"s conscious decision to move. Consciousness has four basic properties: intentionality - the quality of being directed toward an object.
