PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Retina, Circadian Rhythm, Melatonin

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Mongrain

Document Summary

Natural changes in consciousness such as drowsiness and others are artificial such as drugs: structure of consciousness, conscious awareness is the tip of the iceberg. Consciousness is a controlled and sequential process of processing information. You are an agent that has control over the placing of attention you can choose where your attention is used b) preconscious. It is knowledge that is easily retrieved it is stored knowledge waiting to be attended to. It is like a library where you store memories and facts. We are holding onto to so much factual knowledge that is called upon when needed c) subconscious. Simultaneous,automatic, processing, of sights, sounds, and sensations. The mind perceives all the sounds and senses around us but chooses what to focus on and what to ignore. We cannot become aware of the processing that is happening is only realized when we pay attention to it d) freud"s unconscious.