Section 4: Consciousness Pages 114-117 I. Defining Consciousness a. Consciousness is commonly defined as being aware of the immediate environment. i. For example, knowing when to go to class or work. b. Consciousness also deals with awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and memories. i. Examples 1. Making plans for dates. 2. Getting annoyed at your performance in school. 3. Thinking back about good times with your friends. c. Early psychologists and their studies i. When early psychologists studied the …showed first 75 words of 1217 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1217 total…like Chalmers (1996). a. Pinker focused on physiology, while Chalmers focused on subjective experience. b. There are plenty of theories around dealing with consciousness. c. Much analysis is based on biobehavioral. i. An attempt to explain the nature of consciousness through a description of the brain’s structure and functions and a corresponding analysis of behavior. d. Researchers mainly focus on specific states of consciousness such as sleep, meditation, biofeedback, hypnosis, and drug-induced consciousness. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**