PSY 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Chemical Substance, Psychological Dependence, Snoring

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Jenna Boulanger

Document Summary

Consciousness our awareness or ourselves and our environment. Chapter 3 consciousness and the two-track mind. Consciousness offers us weird experiences, as when entering sleep or leaving a dream, and sometimes it leaves us wondering who is really in control. People believe their consciousness is controlling their actions when it isn"t. At its beginning, psychology was the description and explanation of states of consciousness . After in the 1960s psychology was know as the science of behaviour . After the 1960s: advances in neuroscience and cognitive perspective were important; psychology was regained its consciousness. In today"s science, one of the most hotly pursued research quests is to understand the biology of consciousness. Scientists assume that the mind is what the brain does. we just don"t know how it does it. Even with all the world"s chemicals, computer chips, and energy, we still don"t have a clue how to make a conscious robot. language).