Psychology 2301 - Study Guide (ch4) - Professor Ray Saenz         GO TO PAGE 2

Consciousness Sleep Stages & EEG Dreams and Information Processing
Waking type Awake- Beta brain wave Pattern Reprocess info to strenghten info needed for survival
Awareness of all thoughts, feelings, perceptions awake Relaxed (drowsy)- Alpha waves 'Time out' to filter info, store needed info or erase it
Altered Type Stage 1- Theta waves Evidence- more REM time after learning new material
Awareness in sleep, daydreams, dreams, drugs, meditation, Stage 2- Beta waves, 45-50% in course of night View- solve problems in dreams; Beethoven/Mozart
and hypnosis Stage 3- Delta waves 20 to 50% of time, hard to awaken View- emotional processing, work out problems
John Watson rejected consciousness Stage 4- Delta waves over 50% of time, most restful sleep Dreams and Neural Processing
William James- 'stream of consciousness' REM sleep- about 90-100 minutes after falling asleep, Alpha Hobson- activation synthesis theory, electrochem. gibberish
Pedroarena & Llinas-dialogue between thalamus/cerebral cortex Also called paradoxical sleep- very asleep but body 'awake' Brain imaging- support for Freud's theory of dreams
Freud- unconscious affects us Neonates- 16 hours sleep/50% REM Dreams and Waking Life
Cognitive psych- executive info processing center Young adults- 8 hours sleep/20-25% REM Extension of conscious concerns of daily life
Adaptation Seniors- 6 hours sleep/15% REM Influenced by pre-sleep events- compensatory dreams
Huxley and Behaviorists- consciousness has no effect Kleitman & Aserinsky- link between REM & dreams Need for dreams
Pinker- necessary for human sociability Sleep Cycles- 90 minutes, move between stages Freud- dreams are psychic safety valve
Also affects reality contact and awareness of self First cycle most restful REM deprivation= anxious, testy, hallucinations, confusion
Daydreams & fantasy Sleep Disorders After deprivation= REM rebound- doubled REM sleep
Private world of make-believe Sleeptalking, walking, night terrors Drug-Altered Consciousness
Unfulfilled goals and wishes Sleeptalking/walking occur in Stage 4 Psychoactive drugs- alter moods, perceptions, behavior
Singer- positive, negative, scattered, purposeful Twenty percent of kids have at least one episode Columbus- took tobacco back to Europe
Personality profile affects which type we tend to have Night terrors more often when very tired Coca (cocaine) leaves added to wine, tea, lozenges (1800s)
Preferring fantasy over reality affects adjustment Difficult to awaken Laudanum- opium in alcohol, in over counter meds
Positive view- relief from stress, difficult reality In Adults- likely have personality disorder, subs. abuse Coca Cola- coca, cola nuts, cane sugar, carbonated water
Sleep REM- nightmares, voluntary motion paralysis Alcohol- longest history and most used drug
Spend 1/3 of life in sleep Insomnia, Apnea, Narcolepsy Today drugs used for recreation, not medicinal use
Need for sleep Psychological or physical basis We have created formal social settings for use of drugs
Restoration & conservation of energy Ventrolateral preoptic nucleus- switch sleep/wake Hidden addiction- without knowledge of family/friends
Resynthesis of neurochemical(s) Apnea- breathing problem @ night Drugs stronger today and more types available
Cicadian Rhythms-24 hour light/dark adaptation Narcopelsy- CNS disorder causing sudden sleep Club Drugs- meth (ecstasy), gamma (grevious bodily harm),

Biological clock- neuronal cluster in hypothalamus

Dreams ketamine (special K), flunitrazepam (Roofies-forget me pill)
Adjust production of proteins Age-related & culture based Addicted brain- different metabolism and cue responding
Epinephrine (alertness) peaks late morning, then declines REM= dreams 80-85% of time; NREM= 50% Addiction- causes dopamine in brain to increase
Melatonin (sleepiness) surge at night, decrease daytime Freud- 'royal road to the unconscious' Addiction- higher rates of mental illness
Self-sustaining and normally trigged by light/dark cycle Manifest content- surface content, 'the story' Substance Use, Abuse, and Dependence
Jet lag- desyncrhonization of internal functions Latent contect- the hidden, symbolic thoughts/desires Alcohol per capita= 2.18 gallons a year
Sleep deprivation= slower reactions, cognitive impairment Relatively free of moral controls, thus illogical Beer most popular GO TO PAGE 2
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