CGSC 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Anterograde Amnesia, Cerebral Cortex, Unconscious Mind
12 Jun 2016
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Memento (film summary: the color in parts of the movie (black and white - future time) (color film is - past events) Gives the audience of how fragmented lenny"s memory is: hm is the most famous case of anterograde amnesia in academic circles. (able to learn procedural but not declarative memories) Watched a video of a lady experiencing transient global amnesia. Consciousness is subjective: 3rd (objective) verse 1st person perspective (subjective, 1st person accounts of mental processes, early psychologist relied on introspection people have bad introspect. Introspect is a flawed way of understanding cognition. Consciousness: awareness of external events and internal sensations: no awareness, subconscious awareness, primary awareness, self-awareness. Unconscious: minimal degree of arousal & reactivity. Freud"s theory: the concepts of the conscious and unconscious mind: unacceptable desires & wishes at unconscious level (the 4fs, role of psychotherapy is to bring these to consciousness.
