PSYC 1010 Lecture 6: psych1010sleepchapt5

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 1010
• Professor: Myriam Mongrain

Document Summary

Psych 1010 chapter 5: variations in consciousness (1: structure of consciousness: conscious awareness of yourself and your environment, conscious: controlled, sequential, preconscious: easily retrieved (e. g. stored knowledge) *quick answer: subconscious: simultaneous, automatic processing of sights, sounds, sensations (e. g. cocktail party analogy, freud"s unconscious: repressed memories, impulses; difficult to retrieve accessible in dreams. Body temperature decreases during sleep and rises again when awake preservation of sleep. *flying west = backwards bad, flying east = forward good. Leep: why it"s para(cid:373)ou(cid:374)t: to maintain healthy brain. Replenish energy stores: to consolidate memory & learn, to maintain psychological health. Regulate mood & handling stress (amygdala: responsible for stronger emotions becomes hyperactive) *the length of time it takes people to fall asleep varies between how long ago they were asleep, where their circadian rhythms are, appearance of noise or light, desire, past drug intake, stress level, and even person"s age* *electromyography records muscular activity and tension of someone asleep while.