Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Memory Consolidation, Stimulus Control, Sleep Deprivation
16 Dec 2012
School
Department
Course
Professor
111
PSYCH 1000 Full Course Notes
Verified Note
111 documents
Document Summary
Consciousness often is defined as our moment-to-moment awareness of ourselves and our environment: subjective and private, no one will know what one is thinking, dynamic (ever-changing) we experience consciousness as a continuously flowing. Stream of mental activity, rather than as disjointed perceptions and thoughts: self-reflective and central to our sense of self, the mind is aware of its own consciousness, intimately connected with the process of selective attention. Most common measure is self-report, where people describe their inner experience: not always verifiable. Physiological measures establish the correspondence between bodily states and mental processes. Content: unacceptable urges, desires, sexual and aggressive drives, traumatic memories and threatening emotional conflict, kept out of consciousness. Reject the notion of an unconscious mind driven by instinctive urges and repressed conflicts. Conscious and unconscious mental life as complementary forms of information processing. Controlled (effortful) processing: the voluntary use of attention and conscious effort: e. g. moving hand, walk.
