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Explain what consciousness isExplain what consciousness is Describe Freud’s “Tip of the Iceberg Describe Freud’s “Tip of the Iceberg
Theory”Theory”
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Dreaming Dreaming
WakefulnessWakefulness
Hypnosis Hypnosis
Meditation Meditation
Chemically Altered StatesChemically Altered States
State Of Consciousness That Are State Of Consciousness That Are Possible For The Human MindPossible For The Human Mind
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How is ConsciousnessHow is ConsciousnessRelated to Other Mental Related to Other Mental
Processes?Processes?
Consciousness can take many forms, while other mental
processes occur simultaneously outside our awareness
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How does the brain process information and create a conscious experience?
Cognitive Neuroscience: A multidisciplinary effort (cognitive psychology, neurology, biology, computer science, linguistics) who study the connection between mental processes and the brain.
How does the brain process information and create a conscious experience?
Consciousness is simply a product of the mind
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ConsciousnessThe mental mode we create
of the world of which we are aware
Also part of the mind where we can retrieve a fact, an idea, an emotion, or a memory and recombine them in the process known as ‘thinking’
The movie in your head
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What Consciousness Does For Us?What Consciousness Does For Us?
RestrictsRestricts our attention our attention
CombinesCombines sensation with sensation with learning, memory,learning, memory,
emotion.emotion.
Allows us to create a Allows us to create a mental model of the mental model of the world that we can world that we can
manipulatemanipulate instead of instead of simply responding to itsimply responding to it
It’s difficult to read and watch a movie
This gives meaning to words you read
The past and the possible future, can be brought into awareness
So do you tell your friend their new haircut in ugly?
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MultitaskingConsciousness is not
good at multitasking.
Non-conscious processes have no attention restrictions
Examples: breathing, digestion,
Conscious processes require attention
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Sigmund Freud
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Freud’s Levels of Freud’s Levels of ConsciousnessConsciousness
Conscious
Preconscious
Unconscious
NonconsciousN
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Freud’s Levels ofConsciousness
Freud’s “Tip of the Iceberg” There is a much larger, unseen presence beneath the surface
Conscious Brain process of which we are aware
Preconscious Information that is not currently in consciousness, but can easily be brought into consciousness
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Freud’s Levels ofFreud’s Levels ofConsciousnessConsciousness
Unconscious Many levels of processing that occur without awareness
Nonconscious Brain process that does not involve conscious processing (e.g. heart rate, breathing, control of internal organs)
Motivation comes from the unconscious
CAN I?CAN I?
• Explain what consciousness is
• Describe Freud’s “Tip of the Iceberg Theory”
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