PSY 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sleep Spindle, Alpha Wave, Mind-Wandering
18 Jul 2018
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Everything that is going on around you and inside your head. ex. thoughts, feelings, sensations. Individuals understanding that they and others think, feel, perceive, and have private experiences. Children start developing a theory of the mind around age four. Sympathy: feel bad for someone, you have not "been there" yourself. We are not simply conscious or unconsciousinstead, there are different levels. Actively focus attention and efforts toward a goal. Ex. a difficult math problem, writing a paper. Automatic processes (lower level consciousness) become automatic with practice. Require little attention and do not interfere with other ongoing activities. ex. reading, recognition. Any change occurs in the quality or pattern of mental activity. (normal conscious) ex. from drugs, meditation, hypnosis. While awake: processes occur just below the "surface" of awareness. ex. an answer. Very low level of consciousness. ex. remembering dreams. People are unconscious when they have been "knocked out" or anesthetized (put under)
