PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Highway Hypnosis, Autogenic Training, Electrodermal Activity
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Narcolepsy- falling asleep randomly during normal things. Consciousness is the awareness of internal and external stimuli. Stream of consciousness- we are always changing consciousness and things we pay attention to- william james. Mind wandering- people"s experience of task-unrelated thoughts. These are thoughts that are not related to what the person is doing. Controlled process- judgements or thoughts we exert control over. Automatic process- without intentional or external control. Judgements are made in a blink of an eye- we really do suck. Consciousness does not arise from any structure of brain but from the connection and communication in the brain. Eeg (electroencephalograph) is a device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain over time by means of recording electrodes attached to the surface of the scalp. Detects brain waves and summarizes the rhythm of cortical activity. Brain wave tracings are frequency (cycles per second- cps) and amplitude.
