Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Unconscious Mind, Collective Unconscious, Unconsciousness

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- Dehoog

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What is consciousness: a(cid:449)are(cid:374)ess of i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)al (cid:894)e(cid:454). Consciousness is: subjective and private, dynamic (ever changing, self-reflecting (central to our sense of self mind is aware of its own consciousness, selective attention (unlimited possibilities) William james (cid:862) trea(cid:373) of co(cid:374)scious(cid:374)ess(cid:863) (4 of his main theses: 1. Every state is part of a personal consciousness: each mind keeps its thoughts to itself. In this room -- this lecture-room, say -- there are a multitude of thoughts, yours and mine, some of which cohere mutually, and some not. They are as little each- for-itself and reciprocally independent as they are all-belonging-together. They are neither: no one of them is separate, but each belongs with certain others and with none beside. My thought belongs with my other thoughts, and your thought with your other thoughts: 2. Within each personal consciousness states are always changing: no state once gone can recur and be identical with what it was before.