PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Pineal Gland, Circadian Rhythm, Preconscious

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

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Structure of consciousness, conscious - controlled, sequential processing of information a. i. What is going through your mind right now. When we pay attention to what is going on, what i am hearing can jump and split from what i am currently hoping to achieve. a. ii. a. iii. You didn"t feel the seat you are sitting on until someone mentioned it. The one layer you have some control over. You have choice in diverting your attention is one place or the other a. iv. You process information in a very sequential way. Not free from the burden underneath: preconscious - easily retrieved b. i. Information is pulled up without much of a conflict: subconscious - simultaneous, automatic processing of sights, sounds and information c. i. This information is processed in a different kind of way: freud"s unconscious - repressed memories, impulses, difficult to retrieve, accessible in dreams d. i. Sometimes you don"t have encode early memories in their perfect form. d. ii. d. iii. d. iv.