Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Circadian Rhythm, Sleep Deprivation, Parahippocampal Gyrus

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

Document Summary

Chapter 6 study guide: the four characteristics to consciousness are that they are subjective and private, they are self-reflective, they are dynamic, and they are related to selective attention. Recent psychodynamics says that emotion/motivation occur at the unconscious level to influence our behavior. From the cognitive viewpoint, the levels of consciousness are controlled processing (conscious thought effortful, voluntary first leaning to play piano, drive, or type) and automatic processing (unconscious effortless mental activity. Automatic processing is beneficial because you can only consciously focus on a few pieces of information, unconscious processing seems limitless. Freud viewed the unconscious and conscious mind as separate, the cognitive perspective said the conscious and unconscious levels are complementary ways of processing information, they work together. 1 in 5 vegetative patients were able to follow these directions, indicating conscious awareness: circadian rhythms are 24 hour cycles in physiological functions.