Chapter 5 Conscious & Unconscious Flashcards
Phenomenology
How things seem to the conscious person
Problem of Other Minds
Difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others
Mind-Body Problem
Issues of how the mind is related to the brain and body
Four Basic Properties
Intentionality
Unity
Selectivity
Transcience
Minimal Consciousness
Low level kind of sensory awareness and responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations and may output behaviour
Full Consciousness
You know and are able to report mental state
Self Consciousness
Person’s attention is drawn to the self as an object
Experience-sampling
People are asked to report their conscious experiences
Daydreaming
State of consciousness in which a seemingly purposeless flow of thoughts comes to mind
Mental Control
Attempt to change conscious states of mind
Thought Suppression
Conscious avoidance of a thought
Rebound Effect of Thought Suppression
Tendency of a thought to return to consciousness with greater frequency following suppression
Ironic Processes of Mental Control
Ironic errors occur because the mental process that monitors errors can itself produce them
Dynamic Unconscious
Active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories, the person’s deepest instincts and desires, the person’s inner struggle to control these forces
Repression
Mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness and keeps them int he unconsioucs
