PSYCH 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Iconic Memory, Tamsulosin, Nicotine
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Pt 1: reviewing what you"ve learned: define consciousness. Self-report measures: ask people what"s on their minds. Behavioral measures: record someone"s performance on specific task. Conscious mind: mind that contains thoughts/perceptions that we are aware of at the moment. Preconscious: mental events outside of current awareness but easily recalled. Unconscious: events that cannot be brought into our conscious awareness under ordinary circumstances. Controlled (conscious) processing: conscious use of attention and effort. Automatic (unconscious) processing: can be performed without conscious awareness or effort; fast routine actions that don"t require much thought: describe the dual-process theory. Dual-process theory: proposed there are 2 different types of mind in brain. System 1: effortless, fast, automatic and unconscious processing. Describe how suprachiasmatic nuclei and environmental disruptions pertain to circadian rhythms. Circadian rhythms: cyclical, internal changes that occur on a roughly, naturally occurring 24-hour cycle. Suprachiasmatic nuclei (scn): linked pineal gland that secrete melatonin (hormone)
