PSYCH 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Animal Magnetism, Hypnotic Susceptibility, Suggestibility
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The subjective awareness of ourselves and our surroundings: not an all or nothing phenomenon (exists on a continuum, waking consciousness: normal, clear, organized, alert awareness. Focused attention: daily variations in consciousness: a continuum of wakefulness and attention ranging from focused, alert state to deep sleep, altered state of consciousness (asc): awareness that is distinctly different from waking consciousness. Some altered states of consciousness include: hypnosis, drugs, sensory. 17 year old randy gardner its record holder (11 days: you get less sleep as you get older, circadian rhythm. 24 hour biological clock - periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning: body temp, blood pressure, hormone levels. Stage 1: nrem-1. small, irregular waves produced in light sleep (people may or may not say they were asleep: hypnotic jerk: reflex muscle twitch throughout body that may occur in stage 1 hallucinations/floating. Deeper sleep; sleep spindles (bursts of distinctive brain wave activity) appear. Deeper sleep; delta waves appear; very large and slow.
