PSYC 211 Midterm: PSYC 211 Midterm 1 Review
18 Dec 2017
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P s y c 2 1 1 m i d t e r m 1 r e v i e w: consciousness is defined as the state or quality of awareness- awareness of our thoughts, perceptions, memories, feelings. Believed to arise from neural processes a product of the brain. Evidence: it can be altered by physical or chemical alterations to the brain (i. e. damage, or drugs) Consionsness not only involves awareness of- and ability to tell others about- our thoughts, perceptions, memories, and feelings. Ability to communicate: enables us to send and receive our messages to others and to ourselves, inside our own heads. Medical fad in the 1940"s- lobotomy: the frontal lobotomy was used to treat psychosis, depression, anxiety, etc, by the 1950"s, over 20,000 lobotomies had performed in the us, the nobel prize was awarded for this procedure. Basic brain anatomy: the cerebral hemispheres are the parts of the brain that receive sensory information from the opposite side.
