PSYC 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Involuntary Servitude, Caffeine, Standard Drink
12 Oct 2016
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In psychology, often refers to a person"s subjective awareness, including thoughts, perceptions, experiences and self-awareness: can vary from very high consciousness, to very low consciousness. Autonomic variations such as daydreaming, drowsiness, sleep and dreams: can pull yourself out of it, eg: a fire alarm going off when you"re asleep will still wake you up. Physiological variations such as hallucinations, lack of oxygen, orgasms: pleasurable experiences. Psychological variations, such as sensory deprivation, hypnosis, mindfulness meditation. What are some normally occurring variations of consciousness? (sleep and dreams) We all spend most of our night sleeping (approx. 7 hours), but we can move in and out of consciousness by being aware to differing degrees of your surroundings. Pace of 90 minutes: approximately every 90 minutes we pass through five stages of sleep. These stages are associated with different brain waves: vary in frequency & amplitude. Brain waves are measured with an electroencephalogram (eeg)
