Chapter 4: States of Consciousness

Psychology:ch4 States of consciousness Book Dreaming anaker Dand JBronn conscions amureness. State of mind, thinking, being awake, alertness, decasion making (morals), reasoning (Cognitive processes, responding to surroundings/perception, introspection/reflection, Steep, drugs, coma, altered States of consciousness .. Consciousness awareness in present movement accidental altered States daydreaming | zoning out, strike, sleep deprinthan Intentional coffee, drugs, hypnotized Stages of sleep Betawares-When somebody is awake and alert NONREM STEEP (NREM) Stage 1,2,3-4 alphamaves-lay down relax Stage-2 (alpha the theta 119ghter make 3-4 (delta wolves (waves associate Ideep steep) Cless likely to wake up meditating-alpha thita waves (Kinda asteep awake) REMDeep Rapid eye movement. we hare majority of dreams happen duing PEM Gleep voluntary musdes inhabited. Knum as paradoxical sleep (beta wares) Similar to waking cons clousness b/c our brain is on beta waves Such as whenise are awake. only difference is when your sleeping, voluntary muscles are inhibited hence why tre don't act out our dreams. (another art is the stimuti)?? [melatonin neteased when its dark-so we get sleepy & go to sleep light inhibits melatonin production tarkness-promotes melatonin release 11'ght-inhibits melatonin rekase * melatonin is normally secreted by the cemeal gland and controlled by vale Cycle SCN (Superchiasmatic nucleus) intemal clock, light sensitive * Belta (anake) alpha Theta deltal deep sleep Beta (REM) Regular steep cycle is usually 90 mins! Steep Spend more time in REPithe more presteep Ram Steep is a higher % of steep after a few hrs of sleep has already passed Occupies more than 20% of adults total steeping time. REM THR REMREBOUND SKIP ist few Stages when you are's teep deprived or having anigst or 2 of bad steep. you go right into REM spend more time in REM. This is & good because breathing reyemorements expenence of dreams •Paradoxical steep Usually takes about 90 minsto get into Rem. During the first few Stages of Steep, Cerebrospinal fluid rinsed) washed out. If this happen leads to build up of debris/ waste in brain that can lead to dementia) Aizhamers meditating also helps Steep deprivation expenments what were wgn ihre results lack of focus, foggy thinking, Irritable, less, reative, more tired, inability to learn, mood changes, less Souable irregular levels of an't hormones, dissociated feeling out of body), rhindless eating, loopy, physical appearance too much steep-hypersomnolence Can be sis depression, bipolar, PTSD. psychodynamic perspective (sigimund trend) laney wabick book: interpretation of Dreams-Insight, self perspective, solve a problem. trend believed dreams had 2 parts: lons.ora manifest factual dream Latent content interpretation 2 theone's Dreams-for-sumyal reconsiden reprocess " Stage for testing "think Activation-Synthesestreong brain produces random electrical energy dunng kem steep Initiates in the pons Sleep disturbances: Insomnia inability to stay fall asleep or get a good Quality of sleep. Sleep apnea-net periods of time where they stop breathing (100%), overweight, middle age, men, alcoholluce, sleeping on back harcolepsy falling asteep at random) REM sleep random times. dangerous. Its involuntary Sleep talking Stee pralking & Striges 1-314 Night temers Stages 3/4, noy REM (include STRON Physiological components Kind of like having a panic attack during sleep. might wake up crying, screaming, sweating associatedt panic/anxiety. [REM Sleep Disorder (Historically, our voluntary movements/muscles are temporarily paralyzed during REM steep so that we do hot act out our dreams. In this disorder, this does happen, so they do act out their dreams. SCN Controls circadian rhythms: SAD seasonal affective disorder. going to be tested in circadian rhythm. Hypnosis divided conscioucness some psychological benefits, Improung athletic performance, pain management, & smoking helps bring memones back tx for psychological disorders (suppressel rit trauma or abus) Otest steps of hymosis meditation (2 types) focused attention concentrate) ex focus on your jaw-What does it feel like ex mantry. open-awarenes (mindfulness) Close eyes and whatever comes up, comes up! →medHation helps, Dain, How, disease prevention, can help parasympathetic system. ↑self regulation, behavioral control Kubstance (affect) psychoactive drug any dng that can activate the bram. eren coffee, canibis, lithium, sugar, addictive drugs: leads to dependency craming for druse. physiological (biological) dependeng body actually reeds Substance in order to fuction and be OK (Strokes, ferer, tremors, death heroin. hard drugs. -body is accustomed to substance Ipsychological dependenus ppi bellere they need a Certain substance but they don't beltere need something to do Something ex: weed to steep dhink to soualize . (more subiective) heeds it ex: I need coffee torvaket -Physicall behanozal (seizure, stremors) SSRI-block remoral of seretonin from synapse Five ways g a drug can work block release/ blocking remorall of neurotransmitter. enhance mimicking Categories of hypotropic neds? Stimulants, deprescants, mariotics, Hallucinogens, steroids Stimulants-ardyse nervous system (Stirnulate it) stimulants arouse CNG, arouse sympathetic system. a cigarette is a stimulus ex Coffee, nicotine, and Adderall, metimpreta raines, Cocaine Depressants opposite of stimulus Slows down or depresses conse newins to fire more slowly- It's a downer. central & loner down the nervous system ex alccohol stimulates and GABA yhohol may harm wmens bigu w than men. "blacked ove" lack of recall/memong is due to an error in the encoding process not in the retrieval process I barbiturates - Induce step, reduce stress physical reactions to dinkaty Sreating, HR, frusling. dare of alcohol depressire effects become more pronouns frohyphon datera pe drug ✓ addictive drugs-psychedelifes Paddictive alcohol, cocaine, methadone (used for heroine cravings) Hallucinogens entheogen (cannabis, ayahuasca, peyore) natura Ones psychedellics Chnmbis psychedelic components. CBD. CBD works on peripheral nervous system, More for skin care, Joint /muscle, pain relief, organ health, NON psychedelic