PSYCH 2010 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Rapid Eye Movement Sleep, Reticular Formation, Theta Wave

• School: Clemson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH 2010
• Professor: Jo Jorgensen

Document Summary

Events that occur outside of your body. Ex. sitting in the library and seeing everyone studying: 2) awareness of internal sensations. Ex. noticing how heavy you are breathing because you didn"t study for a test: 3) awareness of yourself as a unique being partaking in these experiences self-awareness, awareness of your thoughts about experiences. Existence: organism has internal bio clock that somehow monitors passage of time. Circadian rhythms: 24-hour bio cycles found in humans and other species. In humans: influential in regulation of sleep, daily cycles: rhythmic variation in blood pressure, urine production, hormonal secretions and other physical functions, affect alertness, short-term memory and other aspects of cognitive performance, early bird and night owl. Light waves hit retina => the scn of hypothalamus => pineal gland => secrete melatonin. Electrocardiograph (ekg): records the contractions of the heart. Rem sleep: deep stage of sleep marked by rapid eye movements, high frequency brain waves and dreaming.