Ch. Sec. 1 & 2 Quiz Flashcards
Preconscious
Ideas are in your awareness now, but you could recall them.
Nonconscious
Descriptive of bodily processes, such as growing of hair, of which we are not aware.
Direct inner awareness
You do not hear, see, smell, or touch, thoughts, images, emotions, or memories. This meaning of consciousness, then, is being aware of things inside yourself.
Sensory Awareness
You are conscious, or aware, of things outside yourself
Altered state of consciousness
A persons sense of self or sense of the world changes
Construct
Idea that cannot be seen or measured directly
Unconsciousness
According to Freud a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings and memories of which we are unaware but influences our behavior
Selective attention
The focusing attention on a particular stimulus
Defense mechanism
Psychological disorientations used to remain psychologically stable or in balance
Alpha waves associated with what stage of sleep?
Stage 1
Delta waves associated with what stage if sleep?
Stages 3-4
Physical characteristics associated with dream stage of sleep?
Body is paralyzed, brain is more active ; body is less active
Stage of sleep associated with physical growth?
Stages 3-4
Stage of sleep associated with recharging the mind/brain
REM stage
REM and brain waves associated with it
By alpha waves stage 1
Physical and mental characteristics of REM sleep
Higher blood pressure, heart is faster, nightmares
Theta and beta waves
Theta - stage 2 ; beta - awake before stage 1
Entrainment
Our body set itself to match their environment
Ex. Babies entrained to sleep through the night
Stage 1- alpha waves - transition stage , hypnotic jerk , feeling of falling
Stage 2- theta waves - sleep spindles may occur , brains way of “shutting off” , lower blood pressure , digestion slows down
Stage 3- delta waves - transition into deep sleep , difficult to waken , sleep walking may occur aka somlobolism
Stage 4- delta waves - more movement , restless , deep sleep
REM
Rapid eye movement
BATD
Beta
Alpha
Theta
Delta
Why do we need REM sleep?
Psychological & cognitive health
Narcolepsy
Extreme sleepiness - can occur at anytime
Cataplexy
Sudden & extreme muscle weakness / sleep or recline till until symptoms pass