Unit 4: State Of Consciousness Flashcards
Consciousness
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Consciousness level
The mental events that you are aware of at a certain moment
Non conscious level
Mental activity that is inaccessible conscious awareness
Non conscious level example
Blood pressure, heartbeat, breathing, hormones
Preconscious level
Mental activity that is not currently conscious but we can easily become conscious of it
Preconscious level example
Best friend’s name
Basically memory
Unconscious level
Mental activity that influences consciousness but is not conscious
What concept is unconscious level
Freudian concept
Subconscious level
Cognitive process where information falls below absolute threshold
Dualism is basically
Saying mind and body are 2 district entities that interact
Dualism
The mind is non physical and can exist apart from the physical body
Dualism supported by
Philosophers including Renee Descartes and Socrates
Monism another word
Materialism
Monism
Mind and body are different aspects of the same thing
Brain is physical entity and the mind is what the brain does
Monism
Monism is basically that
Mind and body cannot be separated, without bodies we are nobodies
Monism supported by philosophers like
Thomas Hobbes
Near death experiences
Altered state of consciousness- reported after a close brush with death
When I think about near death experiences
Moving towards white light
Series of memories flashing
How dualism and monism explains near death experiences
Dualism: mind is going to a higher place
Monism: experience of brain shutting down
Fantasy prone personality
Someone who imagines and re all’s experiences with lifelike situations and spends time fantasizing.
Women do this more
How daydreaming is helpful
Helps prepare us for future events
Serves as a substitute for impulsive behavior (day dream because if not happen in real life)
Biological Rhythms: annual cycles
Yearly
Infradian Rhythms example and time
Menstruation cycle: longer than24 hours
Ultradian rhythms
More than once a day, like sleep stage, apatite, body temperature, and fluctuation
Circadian rhythm influenced by
Sunlight and darkness
Circadian rhythms includes
Sleep and wakefulness
Circadian Rhythm in the morning
Light triggers the suprachiasmatic nucleus to decrease melatonin from the pineal gland
Circadian Rhythm in the evening
Fading light triggers the suprachiasmatic nucleus to increase melatonin.
Suprachiasmatic nucleus
In the hypothalamus: regulation of physiological circadian rhythms.
Body temperature around 9pm
Is the highest and Goes down as we go to sleep
Body temperature at 5 am
Is the lowest and goes up as we wake up
About every ___ minutes we pass through a cycle of four distinctive sleep stages
90
What waves are released when an individual closes his eyes but remains awake
Alpha waves
Alpha waves are
Awake but relaxed
What waves are there when we are awake and alert
Beta waves
Beta wave is being
Busy and awake
What waves does a person exhibit during meditation
Alpha waves
NREM 1 is basically
Drowsy sleep
Stage 1 of sleep
NREM 1: very light sleep
Easy to awaken experience hallucinations, hypnogogic falling sensations,myclonic jerks
NREM 1is characterized only by
Theta waves
NREM2 is basically
Fully asleep
NREM 2
Slightly deeper sleep
Prime napping time
Talking in sleep
Eyes rolling slowly
NREM 2 has theta waves with
Sleep spindles (rapid waves)
NREM 3 is basically
Deep sleep
NREM 3 AKA
Slow wave sleep characterized by delta waves
NREM 3sleep is deepest sleep
Difficult to awaken and will be disoriented
NREM 3 waves
Delta waves
After NREM 3 we go to
NREM 2
Sleep disorders in NREM 3
Night terrors and sleep walking
Night terrors
Sudden arousal from sleep with intense fear accompanied by physiological reactions (rapid heart rate, perspiration)
Sleepwalking
Type of parasomnia: abnormal behaviors during sleep
Harmless and unrecalled the next day
REM sleep aka
Paradoxical sleep
Why is REM sleep active sleep?
Heart rate increases, breathing more rapid, eyes dart behind lids
What happens to genitals during REM sleep?
Genitals become aroused even when dreams are non sexual in nature
As sleep continues, REM sleep gets
Longer and longer
That’s why dreams are more during morning than night
REM sleep includes
Rapid eye movement
Dreaming
REM atopia/ REM behavior disorder
Mind in REM sleep
Very active but body is inactive
Paralyzed paradox
REM atopia
Muscle paralysis