CAS PS 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sketchpad, Reuptake, Peyote

• School: Boston University
• Department: Psychological & Brain Sciences
• Course: CAS PS 101
• Professor: Dunne

Document Summary

Consciousness-m2m awareness of ourselves and our environment (attention) Self-reflective and central to sense of self: mind is aware. Unconscious cannot into consciousness in ordinary circumstances. The cognitive unconscious (reisberg): conscious and unconscious work in harmony. Controlled processing: conscious use of attention, effort (e. g learning to ride bike) Automatic processing: do tasks with little or no conscious awareness (riding bike while talking) Driven by circadian rhythms (24h bio cycle, affect body temp, hormones, functions) Circadin rhythms: regulated by scn, link to pineal gland, secretes melatonin, connect w hypothalamus (body temp, heart, hunger) Stage 2 sleep deepens, spindles (1-2second burst of rapid brain activity), more theta. Stage 3 sleep deepens, regular appearance of delta (slow wave sleep) Stage 4 sleep deepens, delta waves dominate pattern (slow wave sleep) Rem sleep paralysis: difficult for voluntary muscle to contract. Aging, sleep less, rem decrease during infancy and childhood, stable thereafter, time spent in stages 3,4 declines.