PSYC 2000 Chapter : CONSCIOUSNESS Notes
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And most of us take this consciousness of consciousness to be what consciousness is. This is not true consciousness is a much smaller part of our mental life than we are conscious of, because we cannot be conscious of what we are not conscious of. --julian jaynes. The awareness of the sensations, thoughts, and feelings being experienced at a given moment. What are the different states of consciousness: altered-state of consciousness. Consciousness emerges from the interaction of individual brain events (like a chord that emerges from different notes) Controlled processing: focused attention, high level of concentration. Automatic processing: some awareness, but minimal attention required, daydreaming, or body is on auto-pilot". Unconscious: due to head injury, anesthesia, comatose state, arguable level awareness to absolute no awareness. Attention: the internal process people use to set priorities for mental functioning. The resources of the brain and nervous system are limited. Or is attention really needed to identify stimuli: resources: lachter, foster, ruthruff (2004)
