states of consciousness and sleep

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 2

william james

Answer 2

believed consciousness serves a function cause it enables us to consider our past

Question 3

preconscious

Answer 3

outside of awareness but contains feelings and memories that can be brought to conscious awareness

Question 4

unconscious

Answer 4

includes unacceptable feelings or thoughts not directly available to conscious awareness

Question 5

nonconscious

Answer 5

processes are completely inaccessible to conscious example : blood flow and hormone secretion

Question 6

waking consciousness

Answer 6

means we are awake and aware of our thoughts emotions and perceptions

Question 7

automatic processing

Answer 7

involves initiating activities and carrying them out without much effort

Question 8

effortful/controlled processing

Answer 8

initiating an activity and making conscious effort to direct our behavior

Question 9

altered states of consciousness

Answer 9

can be natural, can also be deliberate

Question 10

circadian rhythm

Answer 10

occur on 24 hr cycle and include sleep and wakefulness

Question 11

biological clock

Answer 11

can be altered by artificial light

Question 12

free running rhythms

Answer 12

if bodies given free rein, tend more towards 25 hr clock

Question 13

sleep

Answer 13

periodic natural reversible loss of consciousness

Question 14

EEG

Answer 14

eugene aserinsky used EEG to study sleep

Question 15

awake

Answer 15

alert, processing, and moving

Question 16

awake but relaxed

Answer 16

when one closes eyes but remains awake, brain activity slows down

Question 17

NREM stage 1

Answer 17

often in hypnagogic state (dream like awareness)

Question 18

theta wave

Answer 18

more deeply relaxed and clearly asleep

Question 19

NREM stage 3

Answer 19

temperature, pulse, and breathing decreases and breathing is rhythmic

Question 20

REM stage 4

Answer 20

rapid eye movement