PSYC 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, William C. Dement, Slow-Wave Sleep
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Narcolepsy: serious sleep disorder; sleep uncontrollably while doing everyday routine. Figure: william dement- sleep disorder is the only disorder that is caused by a flaw in the primary sleep systems in the brain. Sleep deprivation has been linked to various negative outcomes (negative emotional stimuli) Sufficient sleep is critical to well-being: the nature of consciousness. Consciousness: awareness of external and internal stimuli. Figure: william james stream of consciousness because our consciousness is constantly changing. Koch and tsuchiya: can have either attention or consciousness. Mind wandering concept: people"s experience of task-unrelated thoughts. - thoughts that are unrelated to what they are trying to do at the moment. Automatic process: happens without intentional control or effort. Controlled process: happens with intentional control or effort. Figure: malcolm gladwell with his book of blink- how effortlessly some judgments and choices seem to be made. Proposed by ap dijksterhuis of university of amsterdam.
