Exam 2

A person’s awareness of everything that is going on around them at any given moment.

• Consciousness

• Waking Consciousness

• Altered State of Consciousness

State in which thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized and the person feels alert

ex: aware

• Consciousness

• Waking Consciousness

• Altered State of Consciousness

State in which there is a shift in the quality or pattern of mental activity as compared to waking consciousness

Ex: sleep, daydreaming, faded, turnt

• Consciousness

• Waking Consciousness

• Altered State of Consciousness

focused attention

(high level of concentration)

• Controlled Processes

• Automatic Processes

• Unconscious

some awareness, but minimal attention require

(daydreaming, “autopilot”)

• Automatic Processes

• Unconscious

• Controlled Processes

due to head injury, anesthesia, coma

• Controlled Processes

• Automatic Processes

• Unconscious

a cycle of bodily rhythm that occurs over a 24-hour period

• Adaptive theory

• Circadian Rhythms

• Restorative theory

• Role of Melatonin

feeling of tiredness

• • Adaptive theory

• Role of Melatonin

• Circadian Rhythms

• Restorative theory

Animals and humans evolved sleep patterns to avoid predators

When we sleep

• Adaptive theory

• Role of Melatonin

• Circadian Rhythms

• Restorative theory

Sleep is necessary to the physical health of the body and serves to replenish chemicals and repair cellular damage

Why we sleep

• Circadian Rhythms

• Restorative theory

• Role of Melatonin

• Adaptive theory