PSYCO104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Circadian Rhythm, Sleep Paralysis, Seasonal Affective Disorder

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCO104
• Professor: Matthew Russell

Document Summary

Moment to moment awareness of ourselves and environment. Subjective and private -others cannot directly know our reality and vice versa. Self -reflective- mind is aware of its consciousness. Objective but not able to indicate what a person is experiencing subjectively. When you look into mirror you know you"re looking at yourself. Conscious- mental events we are currently aware of. Impact other actions -e. g. using a cell phone while driving. Are influenced by events we are unaware of. Mood can be affected by positive or negatively words subliminally presented. Strongly negative, mildly negative, strongly positive, mildly positive words. Those presented strongly negative words felt sad, strongly positive people were happy. Mind consists of separate but interacting information processing modules. Scn neurons link to pineal gland which secretes melatonin. Shiftwork- driving home when the sun comes up. Changing to daylight savings time: -increased workplace injuries. Alpha waves: regulate attention through inhibiting what we do not attend to.