PSY101 Workbook

Module E

Consciousness (Week 6)

Contents

	Task 1: Dream diary		Task 3: A closer look at caffeine
	Task 2: Reading

Task 1: Dream diary

Read the extracts "Demonstration/Activity: Sleep/Dream log" and complete the activity "Handout master 5-1: Sleep and dreaming record" in the print copy of your Workbook.

This task is for interest in the main but may be used from time-to-time as an essay topic where we would expect you to follow Benjamin's instructions.

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Task 2: Reading

From the print copy of your Workbook read:

the preface from Alwyn Scott's book Stairway to the mind; then
the chapter 'A century of brain-mind theory' that outlines briefly all the major contemporary views of the nature of consciousness.

Mind has been off the agenda in psychology for sometime but has made a big comeback in recent times - e.g. see Tucson II in 1996 which was a huge inter-disciplinary conference on where we are on this important issue.

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Task 3: A closer look at caffeine

Now that they have gotten rid of tobacco smoking they are zeroing in on caffeine. If you want to know more about it look at Smith et al., (1995). Instructor's resource package for Weiten's themes and variations. 3rd edn. contained in the print copy of your Workbook and complete the activity

Module E

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