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States of Consciousness Flashcards

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consciousness

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our awareness of ourselves & our environment

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3 types of consciousness

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consciousness of sensory awareness
consciousness as direct inner awareness
consciousness as sense of self

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consciousness of sensory awareness

dominant senses? what is sensory awareness divided in to?

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(dominant senses- sight & hearing) (new senses stick -evolution adapted)

  • Selective attention
    • inattentional blindness
    • change blindness
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selective attention

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(its divided into 2 parts, we only pay attention to 1 thing)

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inattention blindness

def? ex?

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this stimulus is usually unexpected but fully visible

ex: unexpected gorilla & basketball passes

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change blindness

def? ex?

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failure to observe large changes in the vision field that occur simultaneously w/ brief disturbances
ex: picture, brief interruption, don’t notice adam missing (person swap)

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consciousness as direct inner awareness

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memories w/ sight, sound, smell stick better

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consciousness as sense of self

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releasing you are unique, separate from group

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The Central Theory of Conscious behavior can be found in what?

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the titanic

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The Central Theory of Conscious behavior

whose approach? levels?

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freud’s approach
Iceberg
conscious (above water) (presently conscious, sensory awareness)
preconscious (memories & stored knowledge)
unconscious (subconscious, married in here)

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The Central Theory of Conscious behavior

ego, super ego, id

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ego- at top mostly (conscious), rules get through world, understand you “shouldn’t yell”
super ego- at top (conscious), angel & ideal self, what you strive for, right, moral, ethical thing
id- at bottom (unconscious), devil, barry these things sometimes bubbly up, barry them again

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2 theories why we need sleep?

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ecological niche

sleep helps us recuperate and restore the breakdown of our body

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ecological niche

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Back in the day, darkness meant death, those that slept did not go out, thus did not die. SLEEP PROTECTS US

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driver fatigue

spring vs fall time change? contribution % in US?

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contributes to 20% of all driver-related accidents in the US

  • spring time change -> more accidents
  • fall time change -> less accidents
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3 theories of why we dream

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frauds wish-fulfillment theory
information-processing theory
activation-synthesis theory

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frauds wish-fulfillment theory

involves? purposes?

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(erotic wishes)
manifest content: remembered storyline of dream
latent content: underlying meaning
ideas and thoughts are hidden in our unconscious (id)
dreams are key to understanding our inner conflicts

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information-processing theory

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dreams act to sort out & understand the memories that you experience that day (new info take from pile of knowledge and store for long term)
REM sleep does increases after stressful events
ex: Rats in a maze (trained maze, 1 w/ full sleep remembered maze, other woken during REM did not)

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Physiological function theories

-Activation-Synthesis Theory

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  • during night our brainstem releases random neural activity, dreams may be a way to make sense of that activity
  • more limbic system and less frontal lobe… Freud would be happy (has to do w/ id)
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REM rebound

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tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation
don’t get good night of sleep for a week & then sleep for 10 hrs

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Sleep apnea

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breathing interruption during sleep
gasp for air, breathing again, fall back asleep
tired during day, don’t wake up completely
air passages blocked-> snoring, nasal mask steady flow prevents interruptions
associated w/ snoring and obesity

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Narcolepsy

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rare sleep problem where ppl suddenly fall asleep no matter what time or where they are
awake -> REM
genetic disorder of REM sleep functioning
dangerous bc could be doing something important

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SIDS

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sudden infant death syndrome
campaign BACK TO SLEEP helped this
known as crib death, death of

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Insomnia

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inability to sleep
most common type -difficulty falling asleep
cannot force self to sleep, make worse by trying to sleep
racing minds and worry before bed

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nightmares

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products of REM upsetting events can produce these

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night terrors

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aka sleep terrors, more severe than nightmares
heart racing, gasp for air, thrash, talk incoherently, sit up
do not wake up, memories usually vague unlike night mares
occur during 3 & 4, first couple sleep cycles, most common in children

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nightmare vs night terrors

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nightmare- during REM, toward morning, long story

night terrors- during 3 & 4, vague memory, severe

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sleepwalking

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during stages of deep sleep, don’t remember what u did or said
most children go out of it
hereditary, prone to accidentally hurting self

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3 biological rhythms?

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annual cycles- seasonal
24 hour cycle-circadian rhythm
90 minute cycle-sleep

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annual cycles

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seasonal variations (bears hibernation, seasonal affective disorder)
SAD-during winter, sit infant of mimicking sun
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24 hour cycle

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circadian rhythm

  • 5 stages total
    • 1,2,3,4 NREM
    • 5 REM
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90 min cycle

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sleep cycles

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circadian rhythm

def? what changes? how does it change? best to do things when?

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24 hr biological clock
our body temp and awareness changes throughout the day
-rises as morning approaches
-peaks during day
-dips mid afternoon
best to take a test or study during peaks
(Sunday night insomnia, shift rhythm over lifespan - starts at age 20 earlier for women)

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lights impact on our circadian rhythm

triggers? where? controls what? released/inhibited? role of caffeine? what happens when we stay awake too long?

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light triggers light-sensitive retinal proteins
-triggers signal to suprachiasmatic nucleus
-controls the pineal gland
-melatonin released (SLEEP)
-melatonin slows as we wake (ceases to produce)
stay awake… brain produces adenosine (groggy)
-caffeine blocks (inhibitory, antagonist) adenosine (become more dependent) (block it and feel good/awake, crash harder than normally)

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why do animals wake before humans?

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animal skulls are thinner, stop producing melatonin when sunlight hits skull-> wake up earlier

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how many sleep stages are there?

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5 identified stages of sleep

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how are sleep stages measured?

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electroencephalograph

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how long does it take to pass through 5 stages?

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90-100 minutes to pass through the 5 stages

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first four stages of sleep are known as ?

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NREM sleep

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fifth stage of sleep is called

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REM sleep

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brain waves and stages of sleep

do they stay the same?

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brain’s waves will change according to stage of sleep you’re in
(dreams occur throughout)

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stage 1

what happens? waves? how measured? experienced as? what can occur in this stage? called?

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experienced as falling to sleep and is a transition stage btwn wake and sleep
eyes roll slightly
brief alpha waves, similar to those present while awake (EEG)
HALLUCINATIONS can occur and feeling of falling/floating
-this is called hypnogogic sleep

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stage 2

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follows stage 1
baseline of sleep
occupies majority of sleep

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stage 3 & 4
waves? brain activity? known for (2)?
occurs a lot in?

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delta sleep, slow wave sleep
brain activity slows down dramatically from theta rhythm of stage 2 to much slow rhythm called delta (rlly slow breathing)
delta- most deepest of sleep (NOT REM) & most restorative
delta sleep is what sleep-deprived person craves
occurs a lot in children “dead asleep” most of night

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what happens in through stages as sleep goes on?

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less time in 3/4 & more time in rem

stage 2 occurs most of the time (baseline)

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stage 5 REM sleep

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REM: Rapid Eye Movement
very active stage of sleep
breathing, HR, brain wave activity quicken
vivd dreams occur
from rem -> back to stage 2
body is essentially paralyzed during REM, also known as paradox sleep

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REM disorder example?

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walking around the room

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what is used to treat narcolepsy ?

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amphetamines (stimulants, keep alert)

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what is used to slow down nervous system, treat insomnia

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barbiturates (depressant, sleepy)

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