Chapter 3: Consciousness Flashcards
consciousness
Being aware of your surroundings and yourself
Behaviorism
Study of behavior and how it reflects psychology
Neuroscience
Study of the brain and how it functions biologically
Hypnosis
Process by which one sees suggestion to convince others that a behavior, feeling, or thought will occur
Cognition
Mental processes that are what makes/creates more intelligence through external senses and stimulation
Levels of Consciousness
Similar to the iceberg model, shows how we react to stimuli or not- consciousness, preconscious, unconscious, nonconscious
Subconscious
Part of consciousness that processes stimuli without us knowing and also containing our internal desires and/or ideas that we don’t know about
Altered States of Consciousness
States of being where we don’t fit the definition of consciousness, such as sleep, hypnosis, and drug using
Biological Clock
Our internal clock that controls our internal state (energies, hormones, etc.) AKA Circadian Rythms
Annual Cycles
Occurrences/cycles that repeat each year
Seasonal Effective Disorder
Depression/mood shifts in winter, mainly due to diet and lack of vitamin D
28 Day Cycle
A series of events that repeats after 28 days AKA the menstrual cycle
Menstrual Cycle
28 day cycle where a woman’s uterine lining and egg is released
PMS
Hormones that are released as a result of the ovaries releasing an egg
24 hour cycle
Circadian Rhythms, or events that repeat every 24 hours
90 Minute Cycle
Occurs during sleep (sleep pattern), length of REM
Stages of Sleep
NREM 1-3(4) and REM w/ different functions of each stage
Circadian Rhythms
Our internal clock that regulates our peaks and lows over a 25 hour cycle
Jet Lag
Sleepiness and discomfort as a result of being shifted into a different time zone while not having an adjusted circadian rhythm
Pineal Gland
Stimulated by suprachiasmatic nucleus to produce melatonin
Melatonin
Hormone that is released to induce sleep
Neurotransmitter
Chemical Messenger
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus
Part of the hypothalamus that controls sleep/pineal gland
Sunday Night Insomnia
When people can’t go to sleep on time on Sunday due to having stayed up late nearly all weekend
Monday Morning Blues
Feeling poor Monday Morning due to lack of proper sleep
REM
Rapid Eye Movement, paradoxical sleep, body twitches some but mainly relaxed as the mind has dreams- once every sleep cycle, body still active
EEG Scans
Scans of electric activity in the brain during sleep to see what and how much of the brain is active during sleep and its different parts
Alpha Waves
Slow and relaxed brain waves while one is awake
Sleep
Necessary process/loss of consciousness from which we can come back (Not a coma)
PET Scan
Scan of the brain to see what parts of it are active during sleep stages
Sleep Spindles
Short bursts of brain activity during NREM 2
Morning Erection
When a man awakens and has an erection due to having an arousing REM dream
Erectile Disorder
Issues with maintaining/getting an erection despite getting a “morning erection”
Sleep Debt
Losing sleep over the course of multiple nights and having to make up for it all one night later