PSY 102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Chronobiology, Anomie Belle, Blood Sugar
5 Jun 2014
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Our textbook describes it as our subjective experience of the world, our bodies and our mental. * don"t confuse it with conscience, which refers to people"s sense of morality, ethics, personal. * mostly discussed in psychology in terms of its altered states when we"re not as aware or as in. Physical cycles such as hibernation and migration for some non-human animals, but sleep is the most. Sleep/wakefulness works on a circadian ( around a day ) rhythm (24 hours) * other biological activities also follow 24-hour cycle (e. g. , body temperature, blood pressure, Ex: body temperature 36. 1(cid:176) c between 4:00-5:00am (lowest point) (cid:224) 37(cid:176) c 4:00-8:00pm (highest point) hormone levels: our body temperature drops at night, it is the lowest when we sleep. Ex: alertness decreases between 2:00am 5:00pm and 2:00am -7:00am day, or urination) * ultradian rhythm (cid:224) occur several times/day (ex: blood sugar levels because you eat several times a.
