PS101 Chapter 5: Psychology chapter 5.docx
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Canadians have cut down on the amount of sleep they get in order to squeeze more out of their days. Ken parks- killed his in-laws while sleepwalking and was acquitted of the crime. Connection between sleep deprivation and increased brain sensitivity to negative emotional stimuli. Men tend to get less sleep than women. Married adults sleep less than unmarried adults. 1 in 7 canadians reports sleep difficulties. Despite popular belief, our brains are anything but inactive during sleep. Consciousness is the awareness of internal & external stimuli. Led william james to describe this continuous flow as the stream of consciousness. Some of the thoughts entering your stream of consciousness are the result of intention. We seem to be easily able to shift our attention to things of importance/interest in our environment. Almost every human behaviour comes from a mixture of consciousness and unconscious processing. Attention & consciousness are closely related, but not identical.
