conciousness Flashcards
four basic properties of consciousness
intentionality, unity, selectivity, transcience
intentionality
consciousness is always about something. The object of focus is one small thing among a broad background of noises and images
unity
resistance to division, the ability to integrate information (smell sound taste feeling) into one whole
selectivity
your conscious can choose what it wants to focus on.
transcience
the tendency to change. Your consciousness can easily change focus
Distal Stimulus
object which provides information for the proximal stimulus
Proximal Stimulus
physical stimulation that is available to be measured by an observer’s sensory system
Subliminal Perception
occurs when a stimulus is too weak to be perceived yet a person is influenced by it
illusory conjunction
a perpetual mistake where features from multiple objects are incorrectly combined
psychoanalytic theory
human behavior is the result of the interactions among three component parts of the mind: the id, ego, and superego.
proximity
how close an object or person is physically to you
subjective
a person’s perspective or opinion, particular feelings, beliefs, and desires
illusory contours
refers to the visual phenomenon or optical illusion of perceiving contours (curves, etc.) in an object where none exist
continuity
the tendency to create continuous patterns and perceive connected objects as uninterrupted.
dynamic unconscious
contained thoughts, feelings, and desires that were denied to conscious awareness because of a psychological force, i.e., repression, arrayed against them.
