PSYC 200 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hypnic Jerk, Lucid Dream, Theta Wave
22 Mar 2019
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Psychology 200 midterm iii: structuralist: what thoughts do we have, functionalist: why do we have the thoughts we have, consciousness: thoughts are made of internal (inside mind) and external (outside mind) stimuli. Metacognition: thoughts about our thoughts; understanding your own and others" ideas (i. e. limitless) Mind-wandering: involuntary, drifting mind = think about irrelevant subjects. Controlled process: explicitly trying to keep consciousness on a certain event. Automatic processes: paying attention to things that implicitly please us, though we may not realize it: associate things that please us with actions (i. e. song while drawing; associate song and drawing = , temperature, bodily habits (involuntary) Decision making explicit; decision making = implicit: experiment: correlation between commercials and eating: bottom-less vs. regular bowls. Autopilot mode = eat more (bottom less bowls); environmental cues. Overstimulation: constantly overstimulated too many things going on = can"t focus on important things.
