unit 5- states or consciousness Flashcards
consciousness
A persons awareness of everything that is going on around him or her
Altered state of consciousness
State in which there is a shift in the quality pattern of mental activity as compared to weaken consciousness
mindfulness meditation
Mental training practice that involves focusing your mind on your experiences in the present moment
altered state
Sleep is one of the human body’s biological rhythms, natural cycles, and activities at the body must go through
circadian rhythm
The cycle of physiological and biological processes that fluctuate on a roughly 24 hour timetable
The wake/sleep cycle
Sleep has a biological rhythm cycle every 90 to 110 minutes five distinct stages
electroencephalography
non-invasive test that records electrical activity in the brain
Stage one
Transition period between wakefulness and sleep, drifting in and out of sleep
stage two
Sleep spindles. Body temperature will drop heart rate slows, breathing, more shallow and irregular.
stage three and four
Slow wave sleep, Delta waves begin to appear more often
rem sleep
Rapid eye movements in your muscles become almost paralyzed brain waves, as if we were awake
sleep paralysis
The presence or persistence of features of rapid eye-movement (rem) sleep during the transition into or out of sleep
sleep deprivation
Occurs anytime that you get less sleep than your body needs. The degree of sleep deprivation can range from total acute sleep loss to chronic deprivation.
rem rebound
Lengthening an increasing frequency and depth of rapid eye-movement sleep, which occurs after periods of sleep deprivation
Microsleep
Microsleep is a fleeting, uncontrollable brief episode of sleep, which can last anywhere from a single fraction of a second up to 10 full seconds
circadian rhythm disruption
And out of sync sleep/wake cycle
jet lag
Temporary condition caused by rapid travel across time zones and may leave an individual experiencing fatigue, insomnia, nausea, or other symptoms as a result of circadian rhythm disruption
insomnia
The inability to go to sleep stay asleep, or get a good quality of sleep
sleep apnea
Chronic medical condition where the infected person repeatedly stops breathing during sleep
narcolepsy
Sleep disorder in which a person falls immediately into rem sleep during the day without warning