Chapter 4: Consciousness Marshall 201

consciousness

ongoing awareness of the external world and one's mental processes, thoughts, sensations, perceptions, feelings and existence

Bernstein five levels

conscious, preconscious, unconscious, non-conscious, subconscious

conscious level

sensing, perceiving, choosing

preconscious level

memories that we can access

unconscious

memories that we can not access

non=conscious

bodily functions without sensation

subconscious

not fully aware; occurring below your level of thinking and awareness

self-report measures

a method of gathering data about people by asking them questions about a sample of their behavior

behavioral measures

record performance on special tasks

physiological measures

measures of bodily responses, such as blood pressure or heart rate, used to determine changes in psychological state

Consciousness and the Brain

Certain brain structures are necessary, but not sufficient, for consciousness

parallel distributed processing (PDP)

when information is simultaneously collected from different sources and combined to reach a decision

Prosopagnosia

inability to recognize faces

anterograde amnesia

an inability to form new memories