PSYC 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Charlotte Selver, Oxycodone, Hashish

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1001
• Professor: Elaine Waddington Lamont

Document Summary

In teens sleep deprivation can put them in risk of emotional difficulties, accidents, cognitive difficulties and psychopathology. Sufficient sleep seems to be critical to well being. Men tend to get less sleep than women. Full-time work and stress associated with less sleep. People with higher incomes and people who are married/have kids also sleep less. 1 in 7 canadians report sleep difficulty. Brain still active while sleeping, therefore we are still conscious while sleeping. Consciousness - the awareness of internal and external stimuli. Maintain some degree of awareness when we are asleep and sometimes even when under anesthesia for surgery. Consciousness always changing which is why william james described it as the stream of consciousness. Easily able to shift our attention to things of importance/interest in environment. Psychologists interested in understanding human behaviour and our behaviour is the result of conscious thought. Almost every human behaviour mixture of (un)conscious processing .