self awareness Flashcards
self awareness vs consciousness
consciousness is the ability to be aware
self awareness is the awareness of self however
animals react to environment they need to be aware for that
are animals self aware
no but dolphins and apes can pass mirror test
double conscious
each brain hemisphere may confuse their win unique consciousness
only one can talk
single consciousness
left hemisphere is conscious
self as a confabulation
split bring patients have no conscious awareness of what is influencing their behavior
MPD
illness that causes people to alternate between different identities
why u should be skeptical abt MPD
original cases were flawed
cases of MPD were discovered when patient was under hypnosis
they could be created by therapists themselves
if there is a trauma n the patient changes emotions therapist may find this a sub personalility