UNIT THREE:CONSCIOUSNESS

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UNIT THREECONSCIOUSNESS

• Chapter 5

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Dream Journal

• Briefly write down your dreams for over the
  course of a week.
• At the end of the week, see if there are any
  patterns in your dreams
• common symbols, people, etc.
• Choose one of the psychological perspectives
  (chpt. 1) - use that perspective to analyze your
  dreams

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Warm Up 02/26

• What is consciousness?

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Study of Consciousness

• Consciousness as a construct
• can be linked with measurable behaviors
• this makes it a psychological construct
• cant be seen or touched

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Study of Consciousness

• Meanings of consciousness
• Sensory Awareness
• being aware of things outside yourself
• selective attention - focusing on a particular
  stimulus
• makes senses keener
• Direct Inner Awareness
• being aware of things inside yourself
• introspection
• Sense of Self
• knowing yourself as an individual

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Study of Consciousness

• Levels of Consciousness
• State of awareness includes feelings,
  sensations, ideas and perceptions
• Different levels (Iceberg)
• Freud Conscious, Preconscious, unconscious

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• Reading Time

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Warm Up 02/27

• How did you sleep last night?
• Was there anything affecting your ability to
  sleep? What was it?

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Study of Consciousness

• Levels of Consciousness
• Preconscious
• ideas we are not aware of in the moment
• Unconscious
• unavailable in awareness in most situations
• Freuds unconscious motives
• Nonconscious (not part of iceberg)
• basic biological functions

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The Study of Consciousness

• Different Types of Altered States
• sense of self or sense of world changes
• sleep
• drugs
• meditation
• biofeedback
• hypnosis

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Survey Says

• In your notes answer the following questions,
  then compare with a friend. Both week and
  weekend.
• How long does it take you to actually fall
  asleep?
• Do you leave any media on? (computer, cell,
  music, TV)
• What time do you go to bed? Wake Up?
• What type of alarm do you have? Do you use the
  snooze button?
• What time do you eat your last meal?
• What is your nightly ritual?
• Do you remember your dreams?
• Do you feel rested?
• Take naps during the school week?

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Chapter 5 Vocab

• consciousness
• selective attention
• preconscious
• unconscious
• nonconscious
• altered state of consciousness
• circadian rhythm
• rapid-eye-movement sleep
• insomnia
• night terror
• sleep apnea
• narcolepsy
• mediation

• biofeedback
• hypnosis
• posthypnotic suggestion
• addiction
• depressant
• intoxication
• narcotic
• stimulant
• amphetamine
• hallucination
• delusion
• hallucinogen
• detoxification

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Circadian Rhythm

• Circadian Rhythm- internal biological clock
  affects our alertness 24 hr sleep-wakefulness
  cycle
• Jet Lag Effects
• time1 day to recoup for every hour of time
  change

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Circadian Rhythm vs. Homeostatic sleep propensity
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Sleep

• How much do we sleep?
• 1/3 of our lives
• Studying Sleep
• EEG
• Why?
• Restorative, energy conservation, adaptive, clear
  mind, to dream

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Warm Up 02/28

• How do you know if you have problems sleeping?
• What does it feel like if you dont get enough
  sleep?

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Sleep

• Stages of Sleep
• Beginning to sleep
• Body temp decreases, breathing slows, pulse drops
  
• Alpha waves absence of concentrated thought with
  relaxation

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Sleep

• Stages of Sleep
• Stage I
• pulse slows, muscles relax, breathing is
  irregular
• just drifting lasts about 10 min
• theta waves lower amplitude and frequency
• Stage II
• sleep spindles
• theta waves going back and forth in amplitude and
  frequency
• slow side-to-side eye movement last about 30 min

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Sleep

• Stage III
• deeper sleep
• sweeping delta waves (large amplitude)
• Stage IV
• deepest sleep (hard to wake up)
• delta waves-50 time
• talking out loud, sleepwalking, bed wetting
• crucial to mental health

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Sleep

• Stages of Sleep
• Stage V aka REM sleep
• 90 min cycles
• People spend 75 sleep in stages N-REM in the
  beginning of the night 15 min, by the end of
  sleep REM sleep dominates 45 min
• active sleep rapid eye movement
• vitals act as if participating in demanding
  activity
• paradoxical sleep

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Problems Sleeping?

• In groups of 4 or 5, We will be creating
  presentations based on a particular section about
  sleep disorders.
• You need either a drawing or a skit to go along
  with your info.

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Sleep Disorders

• Insomnia- the failure to get enough sleep at
  night in order to feel rested the next day.
• You cant sleep
• anxiety, depression, alcohol/drug abuse
• Sleep Apnea-trouble breathing while sleeping
• snoring periods (10-15sec) stops abruptly
• stop breathing
• body alerts breathing reflex
• 12 million ppl.
• enlarged tonsils, infections in throat, obesity

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Sleep Disorders

• Narcolepsy- permanent, overwhelming feeling of
  sleepiness
• unusual sleep/dream patterns
• sleep attacks occur throughout day
• brief REM sleep
• Nightmares/Night Terrors
• Mares-unpleasant dreams
• Terrors- screaming, panic, confusion
• 5-20 min
• no memory
• Sleepwalking/Sleep Talking
• stress, fatigue, sedative med
• both harmless

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Warm up 03/03

• Who was the founder of the functionalist school
  of psychology?
• How long does it take to recover from jet lag?
• What makes up the central nervous system?

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Dreams

• We all dream
• as dreams become longer, so too will the vivacity
  
• Content of Dreams
• we dream what we know
• we influence our dreams
• Dream Interpretation
• as long as weve been dreaming
• Freud clues to our subconscious
• Kleitman no purpose to dreams
• Cartwright review/address happenings of day
• Cick removal of unneeded memories
• Daydreams
• low level of awareness and fantasy and idle
  directed thought
• reminds us of future
• Creative

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What are dreams? Worksheet

• While watching the movie, answer these questions.
  
• It will be part of your notebook grade.

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Novas What are Dreams?