PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Phencyclidine, Asthma, Hallucinogen

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Chapter 3- consciousness and the two track mind: introduction. Consciousness: our awareness of ourselves and our environment. Dual processing: the principal that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious (fully aware) and unconscious (totally unaware) minds (we know more than we know). Blindsight: a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it (ex: when the blind can see). Selective attention: the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus (ex: focusing on a voice at a party - cocktail party effect) When sleeping, perceptual window still open (don"t fall out of bed, can sleep to sound of cars, but wake up to baby"s cry, etc. A- circadian rhythm: a biological clock, regular bodily rhythms (ex: temperature, wakefulness, etc. ) that occur on a 24 hour cycle. A recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. The muscles are relaxed but other body systems are still awake.