PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Sleep Paralysis, Hypothalamus, Street Fighter Alpha 3

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Morgan

Document Summary

Two types of changes in everyday consciousness: circadian rhythms. Five parts to the structure of consciousness: conscious. Eleven characteristics of the structure of consciousness: conscious - sequential, conscious - controlled. 4) subconscious - automatic processing of sensory input. 7) freud"s unconscious - impulses that are difficult to retrieve. 9) non- conscious : physiological processes not available to awareness. 10) non- conscious : can be influenced through conscious intent. Examples of the structure of the consciousness: preconscious : easily stored knowledge, subconscious:three s"s . Preconscious : not emptionally loaded, not threratning in anyway. Mode of processing information and linear - consciousness, follow logically, mind can only create and follow this sort of pattern in terms of analyzing and understanding info. Chpt 3- left hemisphere and right hemisphere- lhs specialized for sequential thinking. Rhs- helps orient yourself in the world on an a level you aren"t aware of. ( agent that has controll over focus)