Psychology 2020A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Pineal Gland, Melatonin, Waking Life
30 Nov 2014
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Consciousness: defined as our moment to moment awareness of ourselves and our environment. Self reflective and central to our sense of self. Intimately connected with the process of selective attention. The following are used to measure states of consciousness: self-report, physiological measures, behavioral measures. Awareness of the relationship between self and the external world. Controlled processing is the voluntary use of attention and conscious effort. Automatic processing can be performed with little or no conscious effort. This occurs mostly when we carry out routine or well learned tasks. The stroop effect: when words of colours are displayed in different colours and the task is to name the displayed colour. Divided attention is facilitated by automatic processing. It is the ability to perform more than one activity at the same time. For example, we can talk while we walk, type as we read, etc. The emotional unconscious often effects a person without their realizing.
