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Biological Psychology: The Major Issues

Biological Psychology: The Major Issues. James Kalat N. C. State University. Brain and Consciousness: Is the question answerable?. Consciousness = subjective experience. Operational definition: If you are conscious of something, you can describe it in words.

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Biological Psychology: The Major Issues

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  1. Biological Psychology:The Major Issues James Kalat N. C. State University

  2. Brain and Consciousness:Is the question answerable?

  3. Consciousness = subjective experience.Operational definition:If you are conscious of something, you can describe it in words.

  4. 1. Consciousness is selective, attentive.

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  6. 2. Spatial Neglect Many people with right-hemisphere damage ignore the left side of the world.

  7. 3. Not all stimuli become conscious. How does brain activity differ between those that do become conscious, and those that don’t?

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  9. 4. Binocular Rivalry Alternation between perceiving the pattern in your left eye and perceiving the pattern in your right eye.

  10. Fate of the stimulus not attended: Unconsciously processed. More likely to capture attention if meaningful.

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