PSY100Y5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Non-Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Sleep Deprivation, Jet Lag

• School: UTM
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY100Y5
• Professor: Dax Urbszat

Document Summary

Variations in consciousness: somniloquy: people who talk in their sleep, narcolepsy: sleep disorder >fall asleep uncontrollably during everyday routine, ken parks: slept murdered in-laws, men/unmarried/rich people w/kids sleep less. Consciousness: awareness of internal/external stimuli: stream of consciousness > william james, similar to idea of soul, humans may be only beings with sense of self, sleep fundamental for survival. Variations in awareness and control: mind wandering: people"s experience to task-unrelated thoughts. People spend ~15-50% time: freud argued people"s feelings/behaviour in uenced by unconscious needs/wishes/con icts, controlled processes(intentional) vs. autonomic processes(unintentional) Unconscious thought effects: unconscious decisions may be more accurate in some cases >ap dijksterhuis. If people are diverted from conscious deliberation , some decisions may be enhanced. Consciousness and brain activity: eeg summarizes rhythm of cortical activity in brain: brain waves vary in amplitude + frequency, measure consciousness, human brain wave activity divided into 4 bands(frequency/cps): Beta(13-24cps): normal waking thought, alert problem solving. Delta(<4cps): deep sleep(dreamless: unable to prove causation.