NUTR 430 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Narcolepsy, Jet Lag
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Consciousness the awareness of internal and external stimuli; the moment to moment awareness of ourselves and the environment (*) no agreement on consciousness among early psychologists on what it is and how to study. Attention and consciousness are related but not the same can have one w/out the other. Judgements or thoughts that we exert some control over, that we intend to occur. Its effects happen without our intentional control or effort. People"s experience of task-unrelated thoughts (i. e. ) thoughts that are not related to what they are trying to do at a given moment. Less likely to occur if task at hand requires significant cognitive resources. Private others cannot directly know our reality (and vice versa) Self-reflective mind is aware of its own consciousness. Under some circumstances the quality of decisions made under conditions when individuals do not have the opp. to engage in conscious thought may sometimes be accurate.
