OPPapers.com Essay Index >> Science >> Psuchology Outline
We have many free term papers and essays on Psuchology Outline. We also have a wide variety of research papers and book reports available to you for free. You can browse our collection of term papers or use our search engine.
psuchology outline. Chapter 7 Outline I. Consciousness ? Our awareness
of ourselves and our environment ? Brings our various ...
Submitted by eisor on January 11, 2006
Category: Science
Words: 2068 | Pages: 9
Views: 188
Popularity Rank: 41,670
Average Member Grade: N/A (Add a Comment / Grade this Paper)
Chapter 7 Outline
I. Consciousness
· Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
· Brings our various information to “the surface” enabling us to reflect and plan (to exert voluntary control and to communicate our mental states to others.
· Slow and has limited storage
· Automatically take care of “routine business” – chief executive
· Mirror = I can see me… baby = i'm taking a bath w/ sum1 new! Yay
· What your gunna do after school
II. Subconscious
· Consciousness just below our present awareness
· Daydream
· Tip of the tongue phenomenon
· “fight club”
III. Unconsciousness
· Thoughts, information or desires about which we can have no direct knowledge.
· Sleep/dreams
· Fainting
· Anesthesia
IV. Daydreams and fantasies
· Involves familiar details of our lives: images of an alternative approach to something we have to do.
· “I like your…. Pants today…” – darn it! Why cannot
I tell him I like him?
V. Biological Rhythms
· Periodic psychological fluctuations
· “rhythmic tide”
· BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS (include the cycles…)
· -Internal chemical units that control regular cycles in parts of the body
· Bears going into hibernation
· Birds flying to the south
· ANNUAL CYCLES
· -migrations of birds
· -human change in “seasonal” appetite
· -seasonal defect disorder
· TWENTY-EIGHT-DAY CYCLE
· -PMS (getting’ ur period. usually every 28 days)
· -AKA INFRODIAN RHYTHMS
· TWENTY-FOUR-HOUR CYCLE
· -varying and falling alertness, body temp change, and growth hormone secretions
· 90 MIN CYCLE
· -every 90 min, our body goes through a different cycle of sleep.
· -AKA ULTRODIAN RHYTHM
VI. Circadian Rhythm
· The biological clock; regular body rhythms that occur in our 24 hour...
You must Login to view the entire paper.
If you are not a member yet, Sign Up for free!