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Chapter 5: Consciousness Flashcards

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What happens to your body temperature when you’re asleep?

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It’s usually at its lowest peak

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When is your temperature at its highest peak of the day?

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Usually afternoon

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What is the circadian rhythm?

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The 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species

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What are biological rhythms?

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Periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning

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What is freuds theory of dreaming?

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Dreams are a roadway into our unconscious

Manifest content

Latent content

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What is latent content of a dream?

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Underlying meaning

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What is the manifest content of a dream?

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Story line

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What is the activation synthesis theory of dreaming?

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Our cerebral cortex is trying to interpret random electrical activity we have while sleeping

Why some dreams make no sense

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What is the information processing theory of dreams?

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Dreams are a way of dealing with the stresses of every day life

We dream more when we are stressed

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What is William James connected to while thinking about consciousness?

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The stream of consciousness

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What is the stream of consciousness?

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There is in endless flow of ideas that zigzag in all directions going through your mind

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What happens in stage one of the sleep cycle?

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You’re kind of awake and kind of asleep

Experience it once a night

Brain produces theta waves

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What happens in stage two of the sleep cycle

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More theta waves that get progressively slower

Begins to show sleep spindles

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What is a sleep spindle?

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Random bursts of brain activity in only stage two of the sleep cycle

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What happens in stage three and four of the sleep cycle?

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Slow wave sleep occurs

You produce delta waves (more in stage 4)

Involves body growth and hormones

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What is slow wave sleep?

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It consists of stages three and four, during which high amplitude, low-frequency delta waves become prominent in EEG recordings

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What is REM?

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Rapid eye movement

Brain is very active in dreams usually occur here

Body is essentially paralyzed

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What is REM rebound?

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If you miss your REM sleep your body forces you to get REM

19
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What hormones are associated with adjusting our biological clocks?

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Melatonin

20
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What does the Pines control related to the sleep cycle?

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REM sleep

21
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What structure of the brain is most related to sleep and wakefulness?

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The hypothalamus

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Where do beta waves occur?

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Normal waking thought, alert problem solving

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Where do Alpha waves occur?

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Deep relaxation, blank mind, and meditation

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When does theta waves occur?

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Light sleep

25
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Where do theta waves occur?

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Deep sleep

Stages 3+4

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What is wishfulfilment?

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When people have dreams about what they want to happen (Freud)

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What is insomnia?

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Persistent problem falling asleep

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What is narcolepsy?

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Suffer from sleeplessness and may fall sleep at unpredictable or inappropriate times

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What is sleep apnea?

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Person stops breathing during their sleep and wakes up momentarily to gasp for air then falls back asleep

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What are nightterrors?

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Sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified

Occurs in stage four – you do not remember it

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What are night mares?

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Anxiety – arising dreams that lead to a weakening usually from REM Sleep

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What is somnambulism (sleep walking)?

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Occurs when a person arises and wonders about while remaining asleep

Usually happens within the first three hours of sleep

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What does EEG measure?

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The electrical activity of the brain overtime

34
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Definition of consciousness

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The awareness of internal and external stimuli

Personal awareness

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