Psychology 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Suggestibility, Stimulant Psychosis, Substance Dependence
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Consciousness our moment to moment awareness of ourselves and our environment: has various characteristics: Subjective and private reality and experience depend on the individual . Dynamic consciousness experiences are ever-changing and a continuous flow of mental activity . Self-reflective and central to our sense of self mind is aware of its own consciousness . The cognitive unconscious: reject notion of an unconscious mind driven by instinctive urges and repressed conflicts, view conscious mental life as complementary forms of information processing, controlled vs. automatic processing. Controlled voluntary use of attention and conscious effort (studying, planning, etc. Automatic performed with little or no conscious effort (driving, etc: divided attention ability to perform more than one activity at the same time. More difficult when tasks require similar mental resources . The emotional unconscious: emotional and motivational processes also operate unconsciously and influence behaviour. The modular mind: many models propose that the mind is a collection of largely separate but interacting modules.