States of consciousness Flashcards
Our awareness of ourselves is called
consciousness
consciousness is a concept that refers both to
our self-perception and to our responses to the world around us
According to Freud, what is the central conflict (or fundamental struggle of consciousness) in your mind
the one between your repressed, unconscious desires and your controlled, conscious behaviors
Modern-day psychologists study
conscious deliberate behaviors
unconscious automatic behaviors
the role of dreams and drugs in altering consciousness
How do you reach altered states of consciousness
through sleeping, dreaming, being hypnotized, meditating and taking psychoactive drugs
How often do we enter altered states of consciousness
Everyday (daydreaming, lie down to bed, road hypnosis)
How do we know we are separate from other people
Self awareness
Define self awareness
Knowing your personal point of view and being mindful of how you communicate your beliefs to others
For Freud what is the bridge bw the conscious and the unconscious
altered states of consciousness
What differences are there bw alpha, beta, delta and theta waves
the electrical brain waves are rapid in beta, slower in alpha, super slow in delta and longer in theta
Describe the sleep process
Stage 1: 5 first minutes: brain waves are getting slower and slower
Stage 2: next 20mn sleep spindles or short burst of brain activity
Stage 3 and 4: increasing amount of delta waves.
then the cycle repeats in reverse order from 4 to 2
What kind of sleep occurs when we dream
REM sleep after about 90mn of sleep
What happens for your body at stage 3 and 4
It rejuvenates
What is sleep
a biological rythme (regularly recurring pattern) and a 24h cycle (or circadian rhythms
What is regulated by the circadian clock
blood pressure, body temperature and metabolism in predictable ways.
