PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Change Blindness, Narcolepsy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Mark Dallas

Document Summary

Minimal consciousness: low-level sensory awareness: the mind inputs sensations and may output behavior. Full consciouness: you know, and are able to describe your mental state self-consciousness: attention is drawn to the self as an object. Properties of consciousness are intentionality, unity, selectivity, and transcience (has a tendency to change focus) Dual processing: information is processed on separate conscious (deliberate) and unconcsious (automatic) levels at the same time. There is more than one brain mechanism involved in your everyday interpretation of the world. Many times, almost all sensory information is ignored because (1) it is not available to consciousness, or (2) it is suppressed because much else is going on. Two-track mind: serial conscious processing: solving problems with focused attention, unconscious parallel processing: auto pilot . Circandian rhythm regular bodily rhythm that occurs over a 24 hour period; the biological clock. regulated by the suprachiasmatic nucleus (responds to light)