PSYCH 101 Lecture 5: PSYCH 101B Lecture Notes - Chapter 5: Consciousness
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From wake to sleep, even in sleep there are different stages: william james believed thought consciousness was like a stream Sense of unity - one"s consciousness feels integrated, knowing who you are, being constantly aware of oneself: consciousness feel unified unless someone has a personality disorder. Self-awareness - knowledge we have, awareness of our own awareness: ex. How many people were coughing during the test, self-awareness is being aware that you are aware of the coughs in the room (usually not unless someone brings it up, because some people can filter this out. Selective awareness - processes that awareness on some stimuli to the exclusion of other stimuli, spotlight is a mechanism of attention, we can"t focus on everything. In lecture we were told to close our eyes and to focus on how our feet felt at the moment. Freud psychodynamic - believed that consciousness has 3 levels: conscious mind - mental events we are currently aware of.
