Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Heart Rate, Sleep Spindle, Pineal Gland

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

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Controlled processing behaviour well learned vs poorly learned not in awareness vs. aware. The stroop effect e. g. the word green is written in red, etc. Daily cycles: blood pressure, body temperature, chemical concentration. Peak levels in late afternoon (best time for physical tasks) Suprachiasmatic nucleus (above optic chiasm: internal timing mechanism in hypothalamus. Daylight stimulates the scn, which inhibits production of melatonin in pineal gland. Darkness removes the inhibition, resulting in more melatonin we feel tired. Disturbances: jet lag & shift work, phase advance more difficult than phase delay, e. g. , flying vancouver to halifax more problematic than east to west, take melatonin, jury still out . Probably works by relieving daytime fatigue: avoiding jet lag. Consciousness - awareness of the relationship between self and the external world. What does you parents" house look like. Freud a happy person never fantasizes, only an unhappy one . Roughly every 90 min: failure or success, aggression, sex or romance, guilt, problem solving.