states of consciousness Flashcards
conciousness
different levels of ones thoughts and feelings
manifest conent
what the dream looks like
latent content
what the dream means/ symbolises
EGG
a test that detects abnormalities in your brain waves.
circadian rythem
a biological clock that is genetically progrmed to regulate the sleep and wake cycle. you go to bed when its night and are up during daytime.
REM
- Rapid Eye Movement.
- stage 5 of sleep.
- where you dream
NON REM
- stages 1-4
- your able to move during these stages
- 80% of the sleep cycle
biological rythem
controled by the hypothalmus
stage 1
body starts relaxing and letting go of muscle tenshion
stage 2
heart rate slows and body temerture decreases
stage 3
deep sleep begins
stage 4
very deep sleep. most difficult to wake up during
stage 5
REM sleep or paradoxical sleep
length of sleep cycle
90 minuets
hypnosis
when a hypnotist, clinician etc suggests that a person will experience changes in their life(thoughts, feelings, belifes etc)
suscecibility to hypnosis
if a person easily carries out hypnotic suggestions
altered state theory
not a trance like state but an altered state like taking a drug. changes in mood and preception
sociocognitive state
effects of hypnosis is due to social influence
hypothalmus
contains suprachiasmatic nucleus which reacts to light. in darkness melatonin increases in daylight it decreases
what determines if your an evening or night person?
genetics
different states of conciousness
- controlled process(100% aware)
- automatic processing(mulitasking cognitively)
- daydreaming(motivation, creativity etc)
- altered states(biological)
- dreams(REM stage 5)
- sleep(stages 1-4)
- unconcious & implicit mind( stuff we do unconciously like walk)
- unconciou(0% aware)
why is REM important
processes and stores emotional memory
parts of the brain involved in dreaming
pons and cortex
repair theory
we deplete key factors in our brain during the day and get repaired by our brain during night
adaptive theory
our sleep adapted because we evolved as a race/world
why do we need sleep?
- physiologically
- protection
- physical growth
- restore brain
waking life
the theory that our dreams are about our real life
if were scared of something irl then well be scared in the dream
spirit world
when we dream we connect with god/ our ancestors
freudian theory
when we dream we see things from our uncocious mind/ thoughts
activation synthesis
the pons fires randomely to tell the brain were still awake and the cortex strings them into our dreams
sleep cycle
stages 1-4: sleep/deep sleep: able to move
stage 5: REM/paradoxical sleep: you have the most movement during this time but your body is paralyzed
what are typical dreams like
visual and random
how do neuroscientists veiw the unconcious
they look at brain activety
who needs the most sleep?
babies 10.5-18 hours
insomnia
you cant fall asleep or stay asleep
causes: behavior or stress
sleep apnea
sleeper stops breathing in the middle of the night
snoring might be an early sign treatment:cpap
Narcolepsy
person falls into deep sleep randomely
cataplexy
any excitment makes the person fall asleep
REM Rebound
if you take a nap and you dream you are sleep deprived.
