PSYC1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sleep Apnea, Reuptake, Freerunning
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Characteristics: subjective and private, dynamic, self-reflective and central to our sense of self, linked to attention (selective vs divided). Measuring: self report, behavioural measures, physiological measures (eeg). Freud; conscious (accessed) + preconscious (hard to access) + unconscious (repressed) Cognitive theory; conscious and unconscious perform complementary forms of info processing. Controlled processing=conscious use of attention and effort. more flexible and open to change. Automatic processing=performed wout conscious awareness or effort. Reduces chance of finding new ways to approach problems. Visual agnosia - cant consciously perceive shape, size or object orientation but could notice differences so must have unconscious info processing. Blindsight - blind in art of visual field but in special tests can response to stimuli in that field out consciously being able to see them. Priming - word stems w subliminal influences (acts on the unconscious mind). Provides a summary (single mental representation) of surroundings at each moment to be made available to brain regions for planning and decision making.
