Unit 7: States of Consciousness Flashcards
QUIZ! (17 cards)
How many states of consciousness are there?
Depending on who you ask & aspect you focus on the answer is different.
PSYCHOLOGISTS agree that consciousness is not an on/off switch, more like a continuous river
What is Circadian Rythm?
A biological clock that regulates bodyily rythms on a 24-hour sleep/wake cycle
Explain how does the circadian rhythm start?
Light comes into your sleeping environment, inside hypothalamus, causes our pineal gland to decrease production of melatonin
Explain younger, and older people’s effect on their circadian rhythm?
- Younger people tend to stay up and wake up late
- Older people tend to go to bed and wake up early
The shift of a)______ gradually happens beginning of age b)____
a) sleep
b) 20
What factors disrupt our bodily rhythm?
Sleep debt, Jet lag, Graveyard shifts, Excessive Stress, Removal or excessive light and dark cues.
What can be effective to regulate disruption of our bodily rhythms?
Light - Exposure therapy
Explain what sleep debt is.
Sleep debt is not getting enough sleep on a regular basis
Explain what jet lag is.
Problems with sleeping due to travelling through different time zones
Explain what graveyard shifts is.
Meaning to work overnight and sleeping in the day time
Explain what excessive stress is.
A consistent sense of feeling pressures and overwhelmed over a long period of time
What is an important factor to our disruption of bodily rhythms?
Removal or excessive light and dark cues
What is consicousness?
It is different levels of awareness of ones thoughts, feelings, memories and the external world
Give examples of controlled processes and confirm which is the controlled process (requires full awareness and alertness, and concentration for the task)
ex - Talking on the plane while driving
The controlled part is “while driving” because you are able to control that
Give examples of automatic processes and confirm which is the automatic process (requires little awareness and attention, don’t interfere w/o doing tasks)
ex - Eating while breathing
The automatic part is “Breathing” because it is automatic response, not a controlled action.
People tend to a)______ their consciousness on purpose, which is the definition of an b)________ state.
a) Change
b) Altered
Give examples of the change people do on their consciousness.
1- Meditation
2- Psychoactive drugs
3- Sleep
- Food deprivation
