PSYC 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: The Strongest, Affordance, Psych

• School: University of Victoria
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 210
• Professor: Bub Daniel

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James came from a family who suffered from nervous breakdowns. What is consciousness made of and where does it come from: a part of evolution can increase the adaptive function of the brain that creates brain states, now we say consciousness is a product of brain states. Can inhibit or distract from adaptations that are not in favor. Affordance: actions available to an animal: the situation it faces, the a(cid:374)i(cid:373)al"s physical abilities. Three ways of acting: perception, understanding, action deciding what your going to do after you have processed the information (voluntary) The affordance competition hypothesis: multiple actions competes and he correct one is chosen based on your goals/ conscious intentions (raising your glass to toast someone: modern psychology does not support this theory. James compared this theory to a stage as we have see before. No ethical quality unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible outcomes.