PSYC 101 Study Guide - Proprioception, Sleep Paralysis, Thought Suppression

• School: UBC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Bobby Fokidis

Document Summary

Consciousness- refers to an organism"s awareness of itself and its surroundings (subjective experience) Phemenology- how things seem to the conscious person. Mental control- the attempt to change conscious states of mind. Though suppression- the conscious avoidance of a thought. Rebound effect of thought suppression- the tendency of a thought to return to consciousness with greater frequency following suppression. Ironic processes of mental control- mental processes that can produce ironic errors because monitoring for errors can itself produce them. Dynamic unconsciousness- an active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories, the person"s deepest instincts and desires, and the person"s inner struggle to control these forces. Repression- a mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness. Altered states of consciousness- forms of experience that depart from the normal subjective experience of the world and the mind. Rem sleep- a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and a high level of brain activity, paralysis of large muscles and dreaming.