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exam 2
levels of consciousness, sleep
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/22/2012

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conciousness
Definition
awareness of internal and external stimuli
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biological rythms
Definition
periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning
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REM sleep 
Definition
deep sleep stage marked by rapid eye movement 
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ascending reticular activating system 
Definition
incoming nerve fibers running through the reticular formation
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vegatative
Definition
body that works that spits things out after taken in, cant control 
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reflexive
Definition
things that happen and we respond reflexively, happens at the spinal cord level
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practiced actions
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includes actions we practice repeatedly, deep prophesis
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concious motives
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drive us towards the actions we do, biological actions such as eating, drinking, sex, pursits of college education, ect.
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attributes
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attention, awareness, arousal, sentience
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byproducts
Definition
thought, language, behavior, emotion
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alerting 
Definition
drugs, meditaion, hypnosis
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hash level of arousal
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no discernible patterns
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beta level of arousal
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(13-24Hz) normal arousal, alert problem solving
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alpha waves level of arousal
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(8-12) relaxtion, meditation, eyes closed
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theta level of arousal
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(4-7) light sleep, learning situations
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delta level of arousal
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(<4 ) deep sleep
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stage 2 of sleep
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10-25 mins more of the brain is involved in sleep. mixture of sleep spindles (bursts of higher frequency brain waves)
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stage 3 of sleep
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appearence of delta, takes 30 minutes to reach, lasts 30 min, beginning od "deep sleep"
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stage 4 of sleep
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prominence of delta- deep sleep, growth hormone is released (sleepwalking may occur)
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Rapid Eye Movement (REM)
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deep sleep, irregular breath, relaxed muscles, vivid dreaming
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electroencephalogram (EEG)
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monitors electrical waves, studies brain activity with electrodes attatched to head
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electrooculogram (EOG)
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records eye movements
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electromyogram (EMG) 
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records muscular activity and tension
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electrocardiogram (EKG)
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shows that you are automatically aroused, enforced during REM period
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sexual arousal
Definition
measured by pineal glad, indications of sexual arousal in REM
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insomnia
Definition
lack of sleep due to anxiety, physical or mental distractions, caffiene stimulants
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apnea
Definition
the lack of air when sleeping
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narcolepsy
Definition
stupor seizure, narcoleptic seizure can be mixed with REM sleep
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