PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Motor Coordination, Monoamine Neurotransmitter, Sleep Disorder
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While attention and consciousness are clearly rated, they are not identical. Some of what enters our consciousness is designed to further specific goals or motivations, while other thoughts seem to wander. Mind wandering refers to people"s experience of task-unrelated thoughts. The distinction between what we control about our mental processes and what just seems to happen is often referred to as the difference between controlled and automatic processes. Controlled processes judgement or thoughts that we intend to occur. Automatic processes happen without our intentional control or effort. The quality of decisions made under conditions when individuals do not have the opportunity to engage in conscious thought may sometimes be more accurate. If people are distracted from conscious deliberation , some decisions may actually be enhanced compared to conditions under which people have ample opportunity for conscious deliberation. Attention is the key to distinguishing between conscious and unconscious thought processes.