Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Slow-Wave Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Paralysis

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Mark Holden

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Chapter 6: states of consciousness: state of consciousness a pattern of subjective experience (a way of experiencing internal and external events, altered state of consciousness variations from our normal waking state. Differences in perceptions, emotions, memory, sense of time, self-control, suggestibility: i. e. normal, waking" consciousness perceive time, places, events as real, meaningful, familiar, vs. altered" states of consciousness fatigue, delirium, hypnosis, drugs, dreaming. Even long-distance running, sex, listening to music: like stream, we smoothly flow from one state to another, altered states of consciousness differ drastically from normal" mental activity. 4 characteristics of consciousness: subjective and private. No one else can know your experiences: self-reflective, central to sense of self. We are aware of our own consciousness: can reflect on what we are feeling, thinking, seeing, dynamic (ever changing) We drift in and out of various states throughout the day. Continuous flowing stream" of mental activity: related to selective attention. Can focus on some things, exclude others.