PSYC 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Theta Wave, Narcolepsy, Reuptake

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Doug Mc Cann

Document Summary

The nature of consciousness: what is consciousness, consciousness: the awareness of internal and external stimuli, your consciousness is continuously changing (william james= stream of consciousness , some of the thoughts entering your stream of consciousness are the result of. We are easily to shift our attention to things of importance or interest in our environment. Variations in awareness and control: mind wandering, mind wandering: refers to people"s experience of task-unrelated thoughts. Thoughts that are not related to what they are intentionally trying to do at a given moment. Unconscious thought effects: attention is the key to distinguish btw what, btw conscious and unconscious thought processes. It does not have the same capacity constraints (as conscious thought) It is the most commonly used indicator of variations in consciousness. Biological rhythms and sleep: biological rhythms, biological rhythms: are periodic changes in physiological functioning. These rhythms means that organisms have internal biological clocks that monitor the passage of time.