chapt. 5 Consciousness

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

subjective avaerness/thoughts/perceptions

Question 2

circadian rythyms

Answer 2

intentional daily driven cycle (awake during day)

Question 3

entrainment

Answer 3

when biological rhythms synchronize to external cues (light)

Question 4

endogenous rythyms

Answer 4

biological rythyms generated by body by itself

Question 5

chronotype

Answer 5

natural tendency to be sleepy/awake during the day

Question 6

polysommography

Answer 6

measurements to examine physiological variables during sleep (EEG’S)

Question 7

REM sleep

Answer 7

quickening brain waves, rapid eye movement, seems awake to EEG’S, cycle comes back to this stage every 10 minutes

Question 8

restore/repair hypothesis

Answer 8

body needs energy restoration

Question 9

preserve/protect hypothesis

Answer 9

adaptive sleep functions to protect from potential harm

Question 10

somnambulism

Answer 10

sleepwalking

Question 11

narcolepsy

Answer 11

extreme daytime sleepiness

Question 12

dissociation theory

Answer 12

explains hypnosis as a state where consciousness is divided into a low-level system of perception

Question 13

social-cognitive theory

Answer 13

beliefs + expectations contribute to suggestibility of expectations

Question 14

default move network

Answer 14

no response to stimuli but awake (daydreaming)

Question 15

short-term effects of drugs

Answer 15

caused by altering amount of released NT’s, blocking the binding, etc

most effects vary based on social, psychological, and behaviour factors

Question 16

long-term effects of drugs

Answer 16

-tolerance
-physical + psychological dependance
-addiction

Question 17

hallucinogens

Answer 17

produce perception distortions

Question 18

stages of sleep

Answer 18

1. theta waves
2. increased amp of brain waves
   3/4. deep sleep, waves at highest amp
   REM: appears similar to brain waves when we are awake to an EEG