PS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Pineal Gland, Circadian Rhythm, Hypnosis
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Moment to moment awareness of environment and ourselves. Private: others cannot directly know out reality (and vice versa) Self-reflective: mind is aware of its own consciousness. Behavioral: performance on tasks (e. g. rouge test, need to infer state of mind. Are objective but cannot indicate what person is experiencing subjectively. Beta: 13-24 cps, normal waking thought, alert problem solving. Alpha: 8-12 cps, deep relaxation, blank mind, meditation. Delta: less than 4 cps, deep sleep. When your dreaming, your brain cycle looks like beta activityc. Scn neurons link to pineal gland, which secretes melatonin. People differ in how easily they can be hypnotized- hypnotic. High hypnotizability: 3 components: absorption (block everyone else out, dissociation (ability to separate from awareness, suggestibility (in class example) Effects that can be produced through hypnosis: anesthesia, sensory distortions and hallucinations, disinhibition, posthypnotic suggestions. Dissociation (hillgard): splitting off of mental process into two separate simultaneous streams: divided consciousness, highway hypnosis (where is your attention?)
