1715824537 | Consciousness | Awareness of local activity at any given moment -Personal Awareness | 0 | |
1715824538 | Biological Rhythms | periodic functions in physiological functioning -rhythms of sleep -The riddle of hypnosis Consciousness-altering drugs -Exploring the dream world | 1 | |
1715824539 | Circadian Rhythms | 24-hour biological cycles found in humans -Temp fluctuations early vs. late riser -Cardiac issues 5am and 10am | 2 | |
1715824540 | Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) | Sends signals to the pineal gland, whose secretion of hormone melatonin plays a key role in adjusting biological clock -non photo retinal cells-blue -Located in the hypothalamus | 3 | |
1715824541 | PER | Period | 4 | |
1715824542 | TIM | Timeless-reset to environmental time | 5 | |
1715824543 | CLK | CLOCK | 6 | |
1715824544 | CYC | Cycle | 7 | |
1715824545 | Master Pacemaker | SCN, local PM also found on liver and lung | 8 | |
1715824546 | Internal Desynchronization | -Jet lag -work shifts -Illness, stress, fatigue, excitement, drugs -home team advantage | 9 | |
1715824547 | Moods and long-term rhythms | -Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) -Pineal Gland -Melatonin/Serotonin | 10 | |
1715824548 | Why don't we move during sleep? | -Brain nucleus inhibits arousal center -Brainstem paralyzes -Cats pons lesions-imaginary prey | 11 | |
1715824549 | Why do we need sleep? | -Body maintenance -Memory integration -Evolution-safety-less exposure to danger -Energy conservation | 12 | |
1718604803 | Beta Brain Waves | fast, alert -Normal wake thoughts | 13 | |
1718604804 | Alpha Brain Waves | Deep relax, mediation | 14 | |
1718604805 | Theta Brain Waves | Light sleep | 15 | |
1718604806 | Delta Brain Waves | -Slow wave -Deep sleep | 16 | |
1718604807 | Stage 1 | Feel self drifting on the edge of consciousness | 17 | |
1718604808 | Stage 2 | Minor noises won't disturb you | 18 | |
1718604809 | Stage 3 | Breathing and pulse have slowed down | 19 | |
1718604810 | Stage 4 | Deep sleep | 20 | |
1718604811 | REM | Very deep sleep -dominated by Beta waves that resemble whose in awake people | 21 | |
1718604812 | Infant Sleep Pattern | Sleep 16 hours 50% REM | 22 | |
1718604813 | Adult Sleep Pattern | 20% REM | 23 | |
1718604814 | Effects of Sleep Apnea | -Alters heart rhythm -High bp -Weight gain | 24 | |
1718604815 | Causes of Sleep Apnea | -Correlation between sleep and weight | 25 | |
1718604816 | Night Terror | -panic -Stage 4 | 26 | |
1718604817 | Nightmares | Bad dream- REM sleep | 27 | |
1718604818 | Effects of Sleep Dep. in rats | -motor impairment -Yellowing fur -Lesions -Metabolic Problems -Paw Swelling -Weak EEG -3/8 died | 28 | |
1718604819 | Selective Deprivation | -Partial sleep del. -worse than always being sleep deprived -Not used to it | 29 | |
1718604820 | Influence of Perception on Drugs | Low dose of THC-depend on social cues High Doses-Does not matter. You are high | 30 | |
1718604821 | Factors that affect drug reaction | -Body weight -Metabolism -Arousal -Expectations -Tolerance | 31 | |
1718604822 | Types of Tolerance | -Physiological -Psychological/Environmental | 32 | |
1718604823 | Overdose | -too much drug -change in environment | 33 | |
1718604824 | Mesmer | -Hypnosis is dependent on the person being hypnotized -Cannot force | 34 | |
1718604825 | Hypnosis and Memories | -Not a literal re-experiencing of long-past events -Doesn't increase accuracy of memory -remember true and false things | 35 | |
1718604826 | Manifest Content | The plot of a dream at its surface level | 36 | |
1718604827 | Freud | Dreams can be simple or tell us about important hidden facets of unconsciousness | 37 | |
1718604828 | Jung | Dreams may be linked into collective unconscious | 38 | |
1718604829 | Cartwrights | Dreams let us rehash problems at night | 39 | |
1718604830 | Hobson | Dreams are a side effect of pons firing and cortical interpretation of random signals | 40 | |
1718604831 | Problems with Hobson's theory | -can still dream with no pons -You can dream in REM -Dreams have more meaning than random | 41 | |
1718618112 | Latent Content | unconscious wishes symbolized in dream | 42 |
Psychology: Themes and Variations Ch.5 Flashcards
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