PSY 1001 Midterm: Psych Exam 2 Review

• School: Temple University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1001
• Professor: Nitasha Strait

Document Summary

Subjective experience of reality that involve our thoughts,emotions,bodily sensations, events and actions. Altered: (*can be a result of sickness, medication/drugs/alcohol, daydreaming, hallucinations, hypnosis etc. Perceptual/cognitive distortions - change in perceptions of the world (drugs/mental illness) Euphoric (happy) state, strong emotions impact life suggestions. views/belief systems. Priming: song, how to ride a bike ) Mechanism that keeps track of time/biological changes (food intake, reproduction, sleep ) Sleep/wake cycle our body keeps (you must have at least 8 hours of sleep every day) Suprachiasmatic nucleus (scn): sleep/awakeness through light sensitivity (dark-sleep, light-wake up) Drift in/out of sleep, can be awakened easily, slow muscle/eye. Brain waves become extremely slow, person may experience. (deep sleep) sleepwalking, night terrors, talking in sleep, bedwetting. Deepest stage of nrem - hard to wake person. Brain activity occurs, eyes remain closed yet rapidly. Unusual/undesirable behaviors occurring during the sleep period. brain doesn"t. Awake (reading, writing, all activities done when you are awake)