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I CAN I CAN Explain what consciousness is Explain what consciousness is Describe Freud’s “Tip of the Describe Freud’s “Tip of the Iceberg Theory” Iceberg Theory” Copyright © Allyn & Bacon 2007
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I CAN I CAN

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

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CAN I?CAN I?

• Explain what consciousness is

• Describe Freud’s “Tip of the Iceberg Theory”

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