PSYCH101 Midterm: Midterm Preparation Guide It basically includes all the terms that need to be memorized and brief infos of each modules for the 2nd midterm.

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Collin Mc Cleod

Document Summary

Conscious processing is serial, whereas unconscious processing is parallel. Cluster of brain cells that control the circadian rhythm is the suprachiasmatic nucleus. Cognitive neuroscience is the interdisciplinary field that studies the links between brain activity and cognition. Dual processing is the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks. Selective attention is the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. Inattentional blindness is a perceptual error in which we fail to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere. Change blindness occurs when we fail to notice changes in the environment. Hallucinations, false sensory experience such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus, occurring briefly stage 1 sleep. Delta waves (large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep) predominate during stage 3 and 4 sleep. Waking brain waves occur during rem sleep.