PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Theta Wave, Circadian Rhythm, Sleep Deprivation

• School: Towson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 101
• Professor: Barbara Wilson

Document Summary

Psyc 101 chapter 5: states of consciousness ! What is consciousness? awareness of external events, and self and thought, internal sensations! which occur under conditions of arousal ! Arousal: ways that awareness is regulated: alert v. relaxed/drowsy ! Higher-level consciousness: most alert state: controlled processes , actively focus efforts toward a goal, requires attention ! Dialing well-known phone number, expert typist : automatic processes, require little attention/conscious effort , do not interfere with other ongoing activities , daydreaming: wandering thoughts, fantasy, imagination, rumination , potentially useful (reminding. problem solving)! Altered states of consciousness : drug states, sleep, fatigue, illness, trauma, sensory depravation , meditation, hypnosis, mental disorders! Sleep and dreams! low levels of consciousness of outside world! No awareness! unconscious (censored) thought - freud ! non-conscious process- anesthesia, being knocked out ! Biological rhythms: periodic / daily behavioral or physiological uctuations ! controlled by biological clocks ! annual or seasonal!