PSY 1001: CHAPTER 5

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Stage 1 sleep	theta waves hypnagogic
stage 2 sleep	k complexes
stage 3 sleep	delta waves
stage 4 sleep	delta waves more often
stage 5 or rem sleep	similar to awake and dreaming
features of REM sleep 4	heart rate and blood pressure, irregular breathing, dreaming
lucid dreamin	experience of becoming aware of dreaming
insomnia	difficulty falling and staying asleep
narcolepsy	rapid and unexpected sleep
sleep apnea	blockage of the airway during sleep
night terrors	sudden waking with screaming followed by a deep sleep
sleepwalking	walking while fully asleep
effect of stimulant of behavior	increase activity of the CNS
examples of stimulants	tobacco, cocaine, meth
effect of narcotic on behavior	relieves pain and gives sleep
examples of narcotics	heroin, morphine, codeine
effects of psychedelics on behavior	alterations in perception, mood, and thought
examples of psychedelics	LSD, marijuana, PCP, Exctasy
tolerance	drug works less after lots taken
withdrawal	bad effects when not taking drug
physical dependence	taking to avoid withdrawl
psychological dependence	cravings for drugs
first person data	subjective to a person's experience (hard question, why conscious)
Third person data	behavioral and brain processes (easy question, what happens in brain)
blindsight	unconscious information processing
area of brain that operates without conscious awareness	dorsal pathway (where, action)
Evidence for dorsal pathway working unconsciously	hidden tools activates action pathway (dorsal)
split-brain effect	no corpus callosum can't cross into to other side of brain
where are language centers in the brain	left hemisphere
researchers can use brain waves of patients in a coma to...	answer yes or no questions
research tells us on free will that	activity shown before decision is made