Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Slow-Wave Sleep, Daylight Saving Time, Circadian Rhythm

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Consciousness moment to moment awareness of ourselves and our environment. Intimately connected with the process of selective attention. Physiological measures (correspondence between bodily states and mental processes, i. e. eeg recordings of brain activity) Conscious: contains thoughts, perceptions, and other mental events that we are aware of. Preconscious: mental events that are just outside our current awareness and can be easily recalled under certain conditions. Unconscious: content that has been put in the back of the mind and cannot be easily recalled; can arouse anxiety, guilt, and negative emotions. Reject the idea of an unconscious mind, driven by urges and conflicts. View conscious and unconscious mentality complementary forms of information processing** Controlled processing: voluntary use of attention and conscious effort. Automatic processing: carry out familiar tasks under constant circumstances (i. e. eating with utensils); disadvantage: reduce chances of finding new ways to approach a problem. Divided attention: ability to perform more than one activity at the same time (multitask);