Cognitive Psychology - Audio
14 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 14 years ago - ★★ - 21 ratingsThe consciousness of the human mind has long been a topic of fascination and curiosity amongst writers, artists and psychologists, from Carl Jung and Salvador Dali to Virginia Wolfe and Gertrude Stein. This album explores our understanding of consciousness, and features a discussion on some of psychology's most complex questions: what does it mean to be a conscious human, and what purposes our consciousness serves. This material forms part of The Open University course DD303 Cognitive psychology.
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Episodes
Transcript -- Cognitive Psychology
April 12, 2010 23:59 - 18.3 KB application/pdfTranscript -- A short introduction to this album.
What is consciousness?
September 03, 2008 18:58 - 6 minutes - 6.21 MBWhat does consciousness mean? How artists, writers and scientists understood consciousness in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Transcript -- What is consciousness?
September 03, 2008 18:58 - 27.9 KB application/pdfTranscript -- What does consciousness mean? How artists, writers and scientists understood consciousness in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Consciousness: the central psychological question
September 03, 2008 18:57 - 2 minutes - 1.98 MBThe difficulties of explaining consciousness scientifically.
Transcript -- Consciousness: the central psychological question
September 03, 2008 18:57 - 20.7 KB application/pdfTranscript -- The difficulties of explaining consciousness scientifically.
The evolution of consciousness
September 03, 2008 18:56 - 3 minutes - 3.35 MBAre animals conscious? Can we produce conscious machines?
Transcript -- The evolution of consciousness
September 03, 2008 18:56 - 24 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Are animals conscious? Can we produce conscious machines?
Consciousness: a first person experience
September 03, 2008 18:55 - 3 minutes - 3.32 MBCould we programme consciousness into a computer? Are there varying degrees of consciousness?
Transcript -- Consciousness: a first person experience
September 03, 2008 18:55 - 23.8 KB application/pdfTranscript -- Could we programme consciousness into a computer? Are there varying degrees of consciousness?
Consciousness and experience
September 03, 2008 18:54 - 4 minutes - 4.06 MBThe link between experience, consciousness and language and how it gives us an evolutionary advantage.
Transcript -- Consciousness and experience
September 03, 2008 18:54 - 26.4 KB application/pdfTranscript -- The link between experience, consciousness and language and how it gives us an evolutionary advantage.
What is consciousness for?
September 03, 2008 18:53 - 5 minutes - 4.62 MBThe purpose of consciousness, and how it governs the imaginative use of our sensory apparatus.
Transcript -- What is consciousness for?
September 03, 2008 18:53 - 26.4 KB application/pdfTranscript -- The purpose of consciousness, and how it governs the imaginative use of our sensory apparatus.