Ch. 4 Flashcards
Level of awareness about ourselves and out environment
Consciousness
Experiences of consciousness, or the hierarchy of consciousness, that we are aware or unaware of and how one can focus on multiple aspects of our body/environment at a time
Levels of consciousness
Information about yourself and your environment you are currently aware of
Conscious level
Body processes controlled by your mind that we are not usually (or ever) aware of
Non-conscious level
Information about yourself or your environment that you are not currently thinking of but could be
Preconscious level
Information that we are not consciously aware but knew must exist due to behavior
Subconscious level
Freud. Events/feelings that are unacceptable to our conscious mind is repressed here
Unconscious level
A state of consciousness in which we are less aware of ourselves/environment than we normally are (teens don’t get much of it!)
Sleep
Typical pattern of sleep during a 24-hour day, part of circadian rhythm
Sleep cycles
How active our brains are during sleep. Sleep onset, REM, NREM. 90-minute periods and gone through 4-7 times a night
Sleep Stages
Brain waves appear as active/intense as they do when awake. Rapid eye movement. Ex: increased eye movement, irregular heart rate, paralyzed
REM Sleep
Isolated periods of disruption in out sleep pattern that causes inconvenience/disrupts sleep cycle
Sleep disorders
Persistent problems in getting to sleep or staying asleep at night
Insomnia
Suffers from periods of intense sleepiness and may fall asleep at unpredictable or inappropriate times, REM @ any times
Narcolespy
Causes a person to stop breathing for short periods of time during the night, wake up for air, no deep sleep
Sleep Apnea
