PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intentionality, Cocktail Party

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Sherri Atwood

Document Summary

Consciousness: consciousness: person"s subjective (own perspective) experience of the world and the mind ( stream of consciousness flow, problem of other minds: fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others. People judge minds according to the capacity for experience and agency. (know this through studies: agency: can this thing plan, can it exert self control, experience: can you experience pleasure and pain. Bain activity( allows you tomove your body ) Brings in question of free will bc maybe brain is directing behavior more than you like to think it is: neuroscience and free will- libet"s experiment, 2000 milsec brain activity before conscious action. Test of dichotic listening: form a group of 3. However, the middle person will not be asked to repeat what you say. At some point, say the middle person"s name: debrief. Ask the middle person to repeat what heard. The nature of consciousness: consciousness has four basic properties.