Chapter 4 - Consciousness Flashcards
Consciousness
everything we are aware of at a given time; thoughts, feelings, sensations, perceptions
Altered states of consciousness
Changes in consciousness induced by sleep, mediation, hypnosis, drugs, etc.
Sleep cycles and circadian rhythms
Sleep stage 1
Sleep stage 2
Sleep stage 3
Sleep stage 4
What are the effects of sleep deprivation
effects of dreams
effects of nightmares
effects of night terrors
sleep apnea
sleep walking and talking
enuresis
narcolepsy
Mediation
progressive relaxation: alternating tensing and relaxing muscles in orderly progression imagery and focusing examples: yoga, transcendental mediation
Miscellaneous other altered states:
religious trances, out of body experiences, near death experiences, flow states and “zone”