PSY 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Unconscious Mind, Brainstem, Cerebral Cortex

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 110
• Professor: Roderick Gillis

Document Summary

Sleep and altered states: the mark test (animal test) No animals will ever pass this test. Just those animals that are evolutionarily close to us (apes): rouge and mirror test: (child test) Will they know they"re themselves through this test: the tarzan syndrome (awareness of self in physical environment) They think that they"d be held by a branch. Nonverbal communication (recognizing facial expression): a type of disadvantage, a dog is conscious yet it is a different type of consciousness, it"s an awareness of being aware. What is altered consciousness: consciousness usually refers to fully awake, alert, daydreaming, prayer, meditation is considered an altered state of consciousness. Before the rem stage: circadian rhythms, is a cycle that tells our bodies when to sleep, rise, eat--regulating many physiological processes. It has always been safer for creatures to work at night. b. Some animals only wake up at night to eat: adaptive nonresponding, sleep disorders.