PSYC 1010 Lecture 10: Psychology Chapter 5 – Variations in Consciousness

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

Document Summary

Variations in awareness and control processing. the other. Advantage: conscious thoughts is constrained by capacity limitations, however the unconscious thought does not have the same capacity constraints. Role of circadian rhythms: circadian rhythms are the 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species. In humans, circadian rhythms are influential in regulation of sleep: day and night people based on circadian rhythms. If you get less than the amount of sleep you need, you accumulate sleep debt . Sleep debt accumulates and for everything to return to normal for you, it must be paid back by getting extra sleep: getting out of sync with your circadian rhythm also causes jet lag. When you fly across several tie zones, your biological clock keeps time as usual, even though the official clock time changes. Realigning circadian rhythms: scientist have begun to look for new ways to help people harness their daily rhythms.