PSYC 2510 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Highway Hypnosis, Thalamus, Memory Consolidation

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2510
• Professor: Richard N Lalonde

Document Summary

Private/personal experience that cannot be shared directly. Freud and the different states of conscious experience: consciousness (momentary, preconscious (easily accessible, unconscious (must be inferred, discovered, translated) Contemporary view on conscious experience: conscious (momentary, controllable, subconscious (easily accessible, nonconscious (must be inferred & discovered) You cannot be aware of all things internal & external at any one time. Selective attention process that controls awareness of, readiness to respond to, particular stimuli. Stomach contractions/hormone levels raising up and down. Pms myth: you have to distinguish between physical (crampy) and emotional (crabby) symptons. No relation between menstrual cycle, reported mood. Therefore, no support for pms: romans et al. Prospective ratings (same woem over all phases of menstrual cycle) No evidence of link between pr-menstrual pediod, negative mood. Men think pms mood swings is a thing because: symptoms given reason when noticed to have women in menstrual cycle, gender stereotypes. Endogenous circadian rhythm sleep and wake cycle.