Higher consciousness

To every paranormal experience, there are two sides; the truth of the person who has experienced it and the truth of the event itself. Each experience comes with its own history of what had led to it, along with the significance behind it. Although there are strong cultural aspects to a spiritual experience, specifically spiritual possession, anthropologist Obeyesekere’s case study shows the importance of understanding the psychological causes as well, if not more. In his work, Obeyesekere…

In Intellect:Mind over Matter, Mortimer Adler probes the relationship between the mind and the body. He describes the four main theories regarding this relationship and separates them into two categories: extreme and moderate. Among the four theories, Adler argues in favor of moderate immaterialism. His argument is easily the most convincing as it accounts for the essential difference between man and animal, our intellect, while acknowledging the congruity between the mind and body. The extreme…

In Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, by Malcolm Gladwell, Gladwell persuades the readers how powerful a human’s subconscious is through the experiments of other people. He show how important it is and how it is not a bad way to judge a situation. Snap judgements are created by the subconscious from the tiniest bit of information taken from our surroundings. Snap judgements can also be called thin slicing or rapid cognition. Gladwell shows there are pros and cons to the this…

Unit 17- Psychology of Sports Performance 1- Personality and Motivation Introduction: In this essay Define Personality Definition: According to Ben Sheath on believeperform.com, personality is the characterisation of individual differences. (Wiggins, 1996). It is a well-known fact that everyone is different. It is considered that personality relates to the specific traits a person displays. A trait is a characteristic, which can be related to a person, for example ‘laziness’. In this…

Hanh Annie Vu PSYC 511 – Psychology Concepts Dr. David Perkins October 27, 2017 Mid-term exam Question 1 Since the beginning of time, philosophers and scientists have been investigating the composition of everything in the universe. While monists attempt to explain everything in terms of one reality – either physical matter or mental activity, dualists believe in the existence of both (Hergenhan & Henley, 2013). The mind-body question then came into existence to investigate the relationship…

Justin Evans’ A Good and Happy Child and Stephen King’s The Shining both use the theme of uncertainty to say that things aren’t always what they seem. They show this by using a scene with a baseball bat, generations of people, and by having characters see something that isn’t there. Evans’ and King’s works both portray the theme of uncertainty, that says things aren’t always what they seem, by using a scene with a baseball bat. For example, A Good and Happy Child goes back and forth between the…

capacity of human consciousness within Cartesian dualism. Science, or more precisely quantum physics, have introduced persuasive reasons to be skeptical of a dualistic philosophy as being conceivable. In order for the realms of mind and matter to interact, physics claims that an exchange of energy is necessary, yet we know that energy of the material world remains constant, as the law of conservation of energy claims. Therefore, if the one reality is material in nature, consciousness cannot…

“Who are you?” I’ve always felt that this question is nearly impossible to answer. There's so much material buried deep in our subconscious and unconscious minds and sometimes those aspects of ourselves that we conceal or repress have a greater sway over our identities than we think they do. The unconscious mind is also the source of our dreams, hence the title of my piece, Je Rêve (I Dream). When I was assigned this project, I had a difficult time figuring out exactly what medium I should use…

individual with feelings, beliefs, and private experiences. The perspective of dualism presents the idea that the mind and body are separate and the soul is immortal and survives the death of the body (Brysbaert & Rastle, 2009). Dualists believe that consciousness controls our thinking allowing for…

While the story of ‘Rocking horse winner’ covered puritan themes but with different perspective related to postmodern sense as he reworked and reshaped puritan, mythical and traditional themes into modern and psychological bent of mind and human attitudes. He discussed about current human psyche mixed with psychosexual aspect of human mind and body. Lawrence, in this story discussed about the internal psychoanalytical conflict of human beings. Interpretation of Evil and Damnation: “The Young…