Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Twin, Acetylcholine, Oxygen Therapy

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Laura Fazakas- De Hoog

Document Summary

Levels of awareness: james- stream of consciousness, freud- unconsciousness, jung- collective unconscious, sleep/dreaming, emotional unconsciousness, ever changing, central to our sense of self, unlimited possibilities of consciousness . Outside of current awareness but easily recalled. Awareness of oneself as separate and unique. Sense of immortality and awareness of all life: simple consciousness, cosmic consciousness, self consciousness. *currently few individuals reach this level even as adults. View conscious and unconscious as complimentary forms of information processing. Unconscious - automatic processes: biological processes, well-learned tasks. *not always verifiable: establish correspondence between bodily states and mental processes. Physiological pathway of the biological clock: light levels, retina, > greater activity in the neurons of the suprachiasmatic nucleus (hypothalamus, so, less drowsiness. Changes in sleep periods of a subject isolated from the day-night cycle. Shift to 25 hour cycle: retire for sleep later and later with each in isolation. Easier to adjust when traveling west, extended day more like free running circadian rhythm.