PSY 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Caffeine, Analgesic, Sedative
5 Dec 2017
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Psy 102, introduction to psychology lecture 6. Consciousness: being awake, being alert; subjective (based on your own experience) experience of the world and ourselves. May play role in: (some evidence for it not proven) Changes in our biological process that occurs on a 24-hour cycle. Tells us that we need to sleep at night/ awake during day. Elder people need less then most people. When you don"t sleep well it affects your mood. Sleep debt- not sleep for numerous nights, start getting depressed, anxiety, will not perform as well. Severe sleep deprivation- may start hallucinating: rem: rapid eye movement. Vivid dreaming takes place (non-rem sleep occurs during stages 1-4: sleep stages. 5 stages of sleep we pass through each night: Each stage has a distinct pattern of activity. Does not occur in numerical system jump from stages*: awake. Drowsy= calm- alpha waves (8-12/second) (faster: stage 1 sleep light sleep- theta waves (4-7/second)
