PSYC 100 Lecture 7: PSYC 100 2018 Week 7 Notes

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Jordan Poppenk

Document Summary

Dualism rene descartes: reality consists of two distinct entities: mind and matter (body) Materialism reality based on the physical world: only interpretation that lends itself to scientific study of consciousness, physicalism everything that exists = no more extensive than physical properties, monism only one kind of substance exists. Operational definition: consciousness: person is conscious when they can report their own mental state, emphasizes ability to remember and report a what a person sees and observes. Global workspace theory of consciousness brain"s working memory = global workspace that integrates, access, and coordinates functioning of large numbers of specialized brain circuits: working memory = site of conscious experience. Blindsight ability to interact behaviourally with objects while remaining consciously unaware of them: person has damaged visual cortex/ pathway, reports no visual experience but can still perform tasks involving vision. Neural correlates minimal neuronal mechanism required to produce specific conscious precept: research involved in areas of the brain involved in producing specific conscious experiences.