Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Endorphins, Suggestibility, Agonist

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Psychology 1000 chapter 6: states of consciousness. State of consciousness: a pattern of subjective experience, a way of experiencing internal and external events. Altered state of consciousness: variations from our normal waking state. Consciousness: our moment-to-moment awareness of ourselves and our environment. Is subjective and private other people cannot directly know what reality is for you. Is dynamic (ever-changing) we rift in and out of various states throughout each day. Is self-reflective and central to our sense of self the mind is aware of its own consciousness. Is intimately connected with the process of selective attention focuses conscious awareness on some stimuli to the exclusion o others. Self-report: people describe their inner experiences offers the most direct insight into a person"s subjective experiences, but not verifiable. Physiological measures: establish the correspondence between bodily states and mental processes are objective, but cannot tell us what a person is experiencing subjectively.