PSY100H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Hypnotherapy, Hypnosis, Theta Wave
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Consciousness indicate awareness of : self, bodily sensations, thoughts, environment. Level of consciousness: a continuum, not an on or off state of being. Low awareness: cues in environment elicit response from us even when we"re not consciously perceiving it, priming effect. Activating concepts and association from one"s memory: implicit associations test (iat) Uses computers to assess people"s reaction times to different stimuli. Solves the problem of people not aware of their motives and beliefs enough to self-report. Can discover un-conscious biases: by clicking good or bad quickly to people of different races. High awareness: effortful attention and decision making. 19 feb. 2017: highly aware of and focused on detailed in environment, mindfulness. State of heightened/ an expansion conscious awareness. Ex. when we snap at someone out of frustration, but thinks back and re ect on our action: constantly altering between high and low thinking states. Less attention = more likely to be in uenced by non-conscious stimuli: flexible correction model.
