PSYC 1001 Study Guide - Final Guide: Afterimage, Functional Fixedness, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
29 Mar 2017
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Consciousness awareness" of our external and internal environments. The nature of consciousness almost every human behaviour comes from a mixture of conscious and unconscious processing. Unconscious where the vast majority of mental processing happens. Freud: most of our thoughts are out of our awareness (thoughts, desires, emotions, that may be unacceptable to our conscious mind). Medical: our consciousness has been interrupted by some medical condition/trauma, but the body may still show some level of reactivity. Subconscious awareness: activity and processing that are just beneath the surface of our awareness (dreams, automatic process, typing). If you want to think about them, you still can but they are happening outside of awareness. They are happening without us having to think or focus on them. Uncontrolled awareness: daydreaming (letting your mind wander) & automatic processing requiring minimal attention (ie. riding a bike). Controlled awareness: where your conscious attention is focused (focusing your attention). Self-awareness metacognition" thinking about your own thinking processes.
