Xmas Exam 6 Dec 2:00 pm Gym Rows 2-28 (even rows only) 50 multiple-choice (50%) Chapters 1, 3-7 2/3 essays (50 %) SQ: #1-29 (with exception of #13)
Consciousness- Philosophy Mind- Body problem Dualism vs. Materialism ( monism ) Cartesian dualism Popular dualism Property dualism epiphenomenalism interactionist property - emergent
Phil. 2 Materialism Behaviorism Reductive materialism- Functionalism ( Dennett, 1991 ) Problems ( Pinker, 1997 ) : Sentience--Qualia Information processing Self-knowledge
Consciousness, Brain and Evolution 1. Language and communication 2. Left hemisphere 3. “Mirror Test” 4. Adaptation for cooperation 5. Thinking, planning, flexibility 6. Theory of mind (TOM)
Consciousness - Neuropsychology Awareness: self + world Blindsight (Weiskrantz, 1986) Sensory neglect - parietal lobe; Balint’s syndrome Selective Attention Agnosia (inability to identify stimuli): Cortex » Wernicke’s area
Visual cortex
Retina Left Hemisphere Right Hemisphere
Consciousness & Hypnosis State of Awareness Mesmer (1815) » Mesmerism Ponzo illusion
Hilgard (1977) - Dissociation “Hidden Observer” Dissociative Reactions: Multiple Personality Traumatic Amnesia - Fugue
Hilgard (1978): Hidden Observer There are aspects of what is going on when you are deeply engrossed in hypnotic experiences that are unknown to you, but part of you is still registering what is happening. When I place my hand on your shoulder I will be in communication with this hidden part, and we can talk together; but the hypnotized part of you will not know…