Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Waking Life, Sleep Disorder, Neurotransmitter Receptor

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

Document Summary

State of consciousness: a pattern of subjective experience, a way of experiencing internal and external events. Altered state of consciousness: variations from the normal walking state. Consciousness: our moment to moment awareness of ourselves and our environment. Subjective and private- other people cannot directly know what reality is for you. Dynamic (ever changing)- we drift in and out of various states throughout the day; although the stimuli is constantly changing, we experience consciousness as continuously flowing rather than disjointed perceptions. Self reflective and central to our sense of self- the mind is aware of its own consciousness. Intimately connected with the process of selective attention- focuses conscious awareness on some stimuli to the exclusion of others. Ways to define inner states in terms of measurable responses: self report measures: The most direct insight into a person"s subjective experience, and is not always verifiable: physiological measures, behavioural measures: Establish the correspondence between bodily states and mental processes (ex.