Critical Thinking Psychology

Question 1.1: What do you wonder about in the real physical world? As a person with a strong interest in psychology, I have always wondered how our experienced sensations and perceptions of the physical world can be altered to produced hallucinations. I know that hallucinations are sensory cues without sensory input. But what kind of procedures have to occur in the mind, so that real images created by tangible wavelengths of light delivered to the visual cortex can be replaced by these images created without actual visual input. I also wonder about colors. I once read that a tomato is every color, expect red (meaning that it absorbs all other frequencies of visible light, except red which is reflected back). Why exactly do certain molecules
Truthfully, I believe that we believe we have free will. We do consciously make decisions every day, yet mental processing is theorized to work on a dual track: a conscious track and an unconscious track. The conscious track (takes in about 40 bits of info per second) is influenced by the unconscious track (takes in about 11 000 000 bits of info per second). To what extent, I don't know. This influence can be seen in how the brain starts the processes to reach for an item (an example), before we consciously chose to reach for it. This well research phenomenon applies to everything from grabbing something to our own thoughts. When looking at the faster processing speed for the unconscious mind, are we consciously making the decision or is the unconscious mind just falling prey to the our environment, experiences, expectations, and motivations to create an effect? It's odd to consider. But I want to believe that I have free will - that I have some control over my environment (internal locus of control). Others probably believe the same because without free will, why should be motivated do anything or make choices? It's healthier to believe that we have free will than fully look for every cause for a certain action (which might even be impossible). Also, isn't it possible to be free even if we are influenced by external factors? Overall, I'm torn on the