PSYC 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Biphasic And Polyphasic Sleep, Executive Functions, Jungian Archetypes

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 100
• Professor: Dylan Selterman

Document Summary

Exam 2: 5x8 inch note card cheat sheet, not cumulative from last exam except key concepts of general psychology: anatomy of brain and sensation/perception (eyes, ears) Contents of consciousness: what is it, ambiguous definition. Internal mental activity (perceptions of thoughts/feelings) vs. external environment: we know we are conscious because we know we are conscious. Introspection: self-aware: understanding own mental state, meta-cognition: we can think about thinking and know about knowing, freudian theory, subconscious, mental energy, drives states. Iceberg analogy: most of what happens in our mind is subconscious, we (cid:272)a(cid:374) study what is (cid:271)e(cid:374)eath people"s aware(cid:374)ess, topographic model of the mind, cs, ucs, pcs, structural model of the mind. Id (wants pleasure), ego (navigates struggle between id and ego), superego (cultural norms) Functions of consciousness: evolution: aiding survival, executive function, planning, personal construction of reality, your unique interpretation of a situation, adaptive, cultural: cultural construction of reality, shared by most groups members, jungian archetypes.