Psychology 2011A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Explicit Knowledge, Thematic Relation, Componential Analysis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2011A/B
• Professor: Imants Baruss

Document Summary

Perspectives on consciousness: physiological, biology approach, cognitive consciousness such as perception, thinking, memory, consciousness as studied usually within neuroscience parts function in certain states of altered consciousness, relating to the way in which the brain or other bodily. Concerned with the physiological processes involved in using methods appropriate for the biological sciences . Concerned with cognitive processes involved in decision making, and creativity . Concerned with the conscious experiences that a person has for herself : depends on introspection, a person"s examination of her. Experiment where seasoned marijuana users where given. We can define altered states of consciousness more generally by specifying changes to the ordinary waking state along any number of dimensions. Given that we have introduced three perspectives concerning consciousness1 we can say that altered states of consciousness are stable patterns of physiological, cognitive, and experiential events different from those of the ordinary waking state.