PSYC 1000 Study Guide - Fantasy Prone Personality, Hallucinogen, Physical Dependence

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1000
• Professor: Anne Bergen

Document Summary

State of consciousness meant by psychologist"s variations from our normal waking state. Consciousness: our moment to moment awareness of ourselves and our environment. You are the one who is conscious of it. Intimately connected with the process of selective attention: focus on one stimuli and exclusions of others (like casting a spotlight) Measuring states of consciousness: self-report: people describe inner experiences, physiological measures: establish the correspondence between bodily states and mental processes. Ex: egg recording of brain activity help identify different stages of sleep throughout the night: behavioural measures: performance on special tasks. Controlled (effortful) processing: the voluntary use of attention. Automatic processing: can be performed with little or no conscious effort used when we carry out routine, or well learned actions. Ellen langer: downside to automatic processing - reduces our chances of finding new ways to solve problems. Still, it offers speed and economy of effort, and in everyday life most actions may be processed this way.