PSYC 1010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Chocolate Chip, Confirmation Bias, Reward System

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Conscious awareness of yourself and your environment: conscious, preconscious, subconscious. Simultaneous, automatic processing of sights, sounds, sensations. Fight of flight response: freud"s unconscious, non-conscious. From the retina to the hypothalamus to the pineal gland that leads to the secretion of melatonin, which contributes to sleep regulation. Jet lag, flying west is generally easier because you add more time and you might get the extra sleep that you need. Sleep: why it"s paramount: to maintain a healthy brain: Replenish energy stores: to consolidate memory and learn, to maintain psychological health. Stage 5: rapid eye movements (rem) & dreaming. Dreams are the royal road to the unconscious . Dreams reflect an attempt to solve problems in waking-life. Dreams are the by-product of random neural firing from subcortical. Sleep success: develop a consistent bedtime routine, use principles of conditioning. Wake up at the same time/go to bed at the same time.