[PSY 101] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (40 pages long!)
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Select what we want to pay attention to. Drifting off into a world of fantasy. Awareness of world around us is reduced. Heart rate slows: muscles relax: temp decl. System continues to slow down and relax. Takes about 45 min to reach stage 4. Instead of going directly into stage 5. Brain waves similar to alert state (shallow waves) Stay in stage 5 for 5-10 min first cycle then longer each time. Go back to 2 then 3 then 4 then 3 then 2 then 5. About 4 cycles per night; 90 minutes each. Stop breathing 15-60 seconds then gasp for air (can be fatal) Consistent need for excessive amount of sleep. A relatively permanent change in behavior due to experience. An organism comes to associate different events. Tone (conditioned stimulus- cs) leads to salivation (conditioned response- cr) Tendency to respond to similar to the conditioned stimulus. Ability to distinguish between the conditioned stimulus and other irrelevant stimuli.
