Chapter 4: States of Consciousness

Book: psychology :ch 4 Dreaming anakes States of consciousness Dand JBrown conscious avureness. State of mind, thinking, being awake, alertness, decision making (morals) reasoning coghitire processes), responding to surroundings perception, Introspection /reflection, Sleep drugs, coma,altered states of consciousness consciousness awareness In present movement accidental altered states daydreaming I zoning out strike, sleep deprivation intentional coffee, drugs, hypnotized stages of sleep Betaviares -When somebody is awake and alert NON-REM SLEEP (NREM) Stage 1,2,34 alphanaves - lay down Irelax Stage! (alpha the lighter sleep more morelikely to make r 3-4 (delta welves) (waves associate Tdeep steep.) Clesslikayto make up) waves Kinda asleep awake) REMSeep Rapid eye movement wehare majority of dreams happen dunng PEM cleep voluntary muscles inhabited Known as para doxical sleep(beta wares) smilarto waking cons clonsness b/c our brain ison beta waves such as when vre are awake only difference IS when your sleeping voluntary muscles are inhibited (another dig IS the stimuli) hence why we clont act out our dreams meatmin cleased when its dark -50 weget sleepy & go to Sleep light inhibits melatonin production darkness-promotes light- inhibits melatonin melatonin release release melatonin is normally secreted by thermal g land and controlled by SCN/Superchiasmatic nucleus) internal clock, light Sensiti re Therata delta deen sleep Beta(REM)

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Categoriesof hypotropic meds? Stimulants 1 depressants manories I Halluanogens, sterolds Stimulants - arouse nervous system (stimulate it) stimulants arouse CNS / arouse sympathetic system. a cigarette IS 9 stimulus not ex: coffee, nicotine, call Addrell, metempretarnines, CO caine Depress ants posite of stmuluse Slows down or depresses. cause neurns to fine Its a downer. central more slowing 8 lower downthe nervous system alcohol stimulates and T GABA 4/cohol may harm womens bran more ex than men "blacked out"= lack of recall/ memory is due to an error in the encoding process not in the retn eval process physical reactions to drinking barbitinates inducesleep / reduce stress Sweating ,THR, flushing prohyphon dat. era peding close of alcohol T= depressive addictive drugs -psychedellies effects become more pronounc addictive alcohol / cocalne, methadone(used for heroine cravings) Hallucinogens entheagen cannabis ayahuasca, peyote) atura Ones psychedellios Cannibis psychedellic components. CBD. CBD works on peripheral nervous system more for skin are, Joint /muscle, pain relief, organhealth, NONpsychedellic