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Page 1: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

Consciousness and

self-consciousness

Page 2: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

Consciousness

Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness examines how we process and define our world.

Page 3: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

Suggested supplemental material:Internet Listening:Radio Lab (www.wnyc.org) Season One: “Who Am I?” Season Two: “Where Am I?” Season Three: “Sleep”

Learning Objectives: States of Consciousness (sleep) Hypnosis (fantasy prone personality) Altering Consciousness

Page 4: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

Meanings of consciousness Sensory awareness Select aspect of attention Direct inner awareness Freud:

Preconscious, Unconscious, Nonconscious Personal Unity Waking State

Page 5: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

Sleep & Dreams Tool: EEG Measure: Brain Waves States:

Awake, (beta waves) Relaxed, (alpha waves) Sleeping (theta, delta)

Page 6: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

5 Stages of Sleep

Stages 1 - 4 (NREM) Stage 1: theta waves, Hypnagogic state Stage 2: brain spindles Stage 3: delta waves Stage 4: Deepest Stage

sleep terror, bedwetting, sleepwalking

Page 7: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

5 Stages of Sleep Stage 5 (REM)

“Paradoxical Sleep” Nightmares Sleep paralysis An explanation of Alien Abduction

claims (solved!)

Page 8: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

SLEEP: miscellaneous Function: Why do we sleep? Freud: dream interpretation Activation-Synthesis Model Sleep Disorders

Page 9: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

Hypnosis Franz Anton Mesmer

“Mesmerism” “Animal Magnetism” Hypnosis

Hypnosis terms

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Theories of Hypnosis Role Theory

Focus on hypnotic suggestions Not Faking

Response Set Theory Expectancies

Neodissociation Theory Imagination as distraction

Page 11: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

Role of Fantasy Fantasy Prone Personality

Spend much time, vivid Normal: future situations

planning, decision making Sexual fantasies are normal Males: higher frequency

Deviant: sex & aggression Males: emotionally unstable, socially alienated

Page 12: Consciousness and self-consciousness. Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness

Theories of Hypnosis Franz Anton Mesmer

“Mesmerism” “Animal Magnetism” Hypnosis Hypnosis terms

Role Theory (Not Faking) Focus on hypnotic suggestions

Response Set Theory Expectancies

Neodissociation Theory (E. Hildegard) Imagination as distraction

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CONSCIOUSNESS Meditation

Act/process of thinking vs. ritual exercises Spiritual, philosophical Valuable for relaxation, lower BP

Biofeedback Obtain environmental info Develop control Employ it when needed

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Altering Consciousness Through Drugs

Depressants Alcohol (Wernicke-Korsakoff) Opiates Barbiturates

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Altering Consciousness Through Drugs

Stimulants: Amphetamines Nicotine Cocaine

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Altering Consciousness Through Drugs

Hallucinogenics Marijuana

mild hallucinogen Lysergic Acid Dithalimide

“LSD” Synthetic ergot