Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Psychodynamics, Acetylcholine, Convulsion

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

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Q: which of the following is a binocular depth cue: convergence, light and shadow, linear perspective, interposition, motion parallax. Q: features detectors that respond maximally to a particular stimulus, such a line orientation are located in the: photoreceptors in the retina, ganglion cells in the retina, bipolar cells in the retina, thalamus, visual cortex. What is consciousness? awareness of internal and external stimuli broader than attention. > central to our sense of who we are, mind is aware of consciousness. Conscious mind thoughts, perfection mental events in our awareness. Preconscious mind outside of the current awareness, but easily recalled. Unconscious mind normally can"t be brought into awareness. Id- instinctual sexual and aggressive drives unconscious (born entirely id, operate according to pleasure principle, wants everything immediately) Superego- internalized morals (comes from identifying with the same sex parent) conscious sense of conscious. View conscious and unconscious as complimentary forms of information processing (without this complementary relationship, multitasking would become impossible)