PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Slow-Wave Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Carl Friedrich Otto Westphal
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Variations in awareness and control: attention and consciousness are closely related but not identical, mind wandering refers to people"s experience of task-unrelated thoughts. In contrast to controlled processes-judgement or thoughts that we exert some control over, that we intend to occur-automatic processing and its effects happen without our intentional control or effort. Psy100 chapter 5 notes - variations in consciousness: the advantage of unconscious thought is that it does not have the same capacity limitations as conscious thoughts. William james emphasized that consciousness is a continually changing stream of mental activity. Consciousness varies along a continuum of levels of awareness. Our degree of international control over our cognitive processes varies. Controlled processes are those over which have intentional control while automatic processes occur without our intention. The role of circadian rhythms: circadian rhythms are the 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species.
