PSYC 1F90 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Mind-Wandering, Circadian Rhythm, Delta Wave

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Crick, who won the nobel prize for his work examining dna: provide examples to illustrate the notion that there are different levels of awareness. Describe the procedure, results, and conclusions of his study entitled think different: the merits of. Unconscious thought in preference development and decision making. what general advantage does unconscious thought have over conscious thought? (pp. In this research, five studies were conducted to test the assumption that unconscious thought should be superior when making especially complex decisions. In each case, one alternative was made more desirable than the other: 80 female and 14 male participants were all graduate students at the u of. Describe the four principal bands of brain-wave activity, and correlate them with consciousness. (pp. 202-204: the most commonly used indicator of variations in consciousness has been the. Explain how body temperature follows a circadian rhythm, and describe its relation to sleep. (pp. Describe the effects of external cues and light on such rhythms.