PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 4 Consciousness
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The awareness of complex private processes such as perception, thinking, and remembering: waking consciousness: your thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized. You feel alert: altered state of consciousness: thoughts may be fuzzy and disorganized, taking bizarre turns. You may feel less alert or more alert: what are some examples of altered state of consciousness, divided consciousness: one part of your consciousness is doing one thing and another part is doing something totally different. One of our body"s biological rhythms: biological rhythms. Infradian: occurs over a period of time greater than 24 hours (menstrual cycle). Ultradian: occur more than once in a 24-hour cycle. Most are confined to their day or night (eating and the actual stages of sleep). How can we determine what stage of sleep a person is (determines if you are a morning person or an evening person). in: types of sleep. Theta (4-8 hz) deep state of meditation or falling more asleep.
