PSYCHOLOGY Chapter 8 CONSCIOUSNESS
How an individual perceives reality PHENOMENOLOGY How an individual perceives reality
The Necker Cube
REBOUND EFFECT OF THOUGHT SUPPRESSION Thought return more frequent after thought is suppressed IRONIC PROCESSES OF MENTAL CONTROL
FREUD REVISITED The unconscious mind is like an iceberg, partially accessible to consciousness. Repression blocks unacceptable thoughts (also called blocking)
FREUD’S DREAM THEORY Dreams are: Triggered in previous 24 hrs Cleverly disguised (manifest and latent content) Involve wish fulfillment
ACTIVATION SYNTHESIS LUCID DREAM Dreams make sense of random activation LUCID DREAM When you are aware you re dreaming
Stages of sleep
The naturally occurring 24-hour sleep-wake cycle of consciousness CIRCADIAN RHYTHM The naturally occurring 24-hour sleep-wake cycle of consciousness
SLEEP DISORDERS SLEEP APNEA NARCOLEPSY
ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS SUBSTANCE ABUSE abuse or dependence? HYPNOSIS Hypersuggestibility or an altered state?