PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Somniloquy, Back To Sleep (Song), Narcolepsy
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The state of being awake and aware of one"s surroundings. You are aware of someone or something that is happening: we think we are more aware than cats/dogs, but that might not be true. The mark test (rouge and mirror test) The tarzan syndrome (awareness of self in physical environment) Joint attention- when you are aware of your surroundings and the surroundings of the person you are near. Rouge mirror (mark) test- put color on the nose of a kid, set them in front of a mirror and see if they recognize themselves. If they do, okay, if not, there could be something wrong: animals will (most likely) never pass this test. Any other stage of consciousness other than wide awake or alert: daydreaming, sleep, hypnosis, drugs. Sleep, the best studied altered state: brain activity varies during sleep (eeg electro. Awake, alert (wide awake) = beta waves. Sleep stage 3 = delta waves: nobody expected these changes.
