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chocolate.cake.1:
Hello :)
I was wondering if someone could explain what the following terms actually mean?
I get the basic idea for most of them but I am struggling to put it into words...
- content limitations
- perceptual and cognitive distortions
- emotional awareness
The textbook tells me how vary in NWC and ASC, however it doesn't actually tell me what they mean.
Thanks
yearningforsimplicity:
--- Quote from: chocolate.cake.1 on February 23, 2015, 11:10:36 pm --- Hello :)
I was wondering if someone could explain what the following terms actually mean?
I get the basic idea for most of them but I am struggling to put it into words...
- content limitations
- perceptual and cognitive distortions
- emotional awareness
The textbook tells me how vary in NWC and ASC, however it doesn't actually tell me what they mean.
Thanks
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Here are some very general definitions as to what each of those characteristics mean :) :-
Content limitations: refers to the level of control that you have in being able to allow or block out what you pay attention to in your environment and what consequently enters (or does not enter) your consciousness. E.g. if thinking about a particular person or object triggers a traumatic memory, you can choose to kind of suppress that in NWC so it doesn't enter your conscious awareness. But you can't stop or "limit" that "content" from creeping its way into your head (in perhaps a more unsettling way) during an ASC (e.g. during sleep and dreams).
Perceptual and cognitive distortions: relates to your efficiency in being able to perceive things in your environment (including sensory perception, e.g. pain) and the extent to which your cognitions (your thoughts and memories) are clear and organised.
Emotional awareness: refers to your experience of feelings, emotions and being able to have some control over your emotional reactions in a situation.
Burt Macklin:
Why are short, complex, difficult tasks not usually affected by sleep deprivation?
scarletmoon:
--- Quote from: Burt Macklin on February 28, 2015, 01:27:41 pm ---Why are short, complex, difficult tasks not usually affected by sleep deprivation?
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Because it is believed that sleep deprivation doesn't affect ability, it affects motivation
yearningforsimplicity:
--- Quote from: Burt Macklin on February 28, 2015, 01:27:41 pm ---Why are short, complex, difficult tasks not usually affected by sleep deprivation?
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Usually controlled tasks (which can be more complex or generally complex for people attempting it for the first time) require a lot of conscious effort, attention and generally create more cognitive load for the individual. Because they are required to put in more effort for such tasks, they are more likely to pay attention and exert more effort into the task and not be impacted if they are sleep deprived. This might also be due to the controlled task being something novel (new) to them, so they might be more motivated/interested to see how things work and to succeed in the task.
If you compare that to getting someone to do an automatic task, which usually requires less conscious effort and less cognitive load (because it is presumed that the individual has already 'mastered' that task/action/behaviour), individuals who are sleep deprived may be more likely to 'slack off' as they are unmotivated to do well (probably because it's not a new or interesting task but rather just something ordinary that they do frequently/everyday).
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