PSYC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Disinhibition, Theta Wave, Hypnotic Susceptibility
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The waking state: awareness of one"s own mental activity; of internal and external stimuli. Consciousness as experience: the content of our experience from moment to moment, what we are aware of. The ability to focus awareness on a single stimulus to the exclusion of other stimuli. The ability to distribute one"s attention and simultaneously engage in two or more activities. Dissociation: an unexpected partial or complete disruption of the normal integration of a person"s conscious or psychological functioning that cannot be easily explained by the person. A mental process that severs a connection to a person"s thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. Daydream believer: imaginary scenes and events that occur while awake, when do they happen, possible functions: Whoever has wronged latter regrets it: research suggests that daydreaming is actually a good think and has positive effects on the daydreamer. Can influence thinking, feeling & behavior: franz anton mesmer. Animal magnetism: two stages of hypnosis.
