AICE Psychology
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Summer Assignment #2
Test-September 1, 2015
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Conscious level
Nonconscious level
Preconscious level
Subconscious level Information that we are not consciously aware of but we know must exist
due to behavior.
Unconscious level Psychoanalytic psychologists believe some events and feelings are
unacceptable to our conscious mind and are repressed into the unconscious mind. Many
psychologists object to this concept as difficult or impossible to prove.
Altered state of consciousness – mental state that differs noticeably from normal waking
consciousness
Dreams – vivid visual and auditory experiences that occur primarily during REM periods of
sleep.
Freudian view of dreams-
Sleep Disorders
What role does psychoactive drugs have with consciousness?
Insomnia- problems of getting to or staying asleep, effects up to 10% of the population
Narcolepsy- extreme sleepiness - sleep attacks Go to
Sleep apnea-
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Sleep walkingNight terrors- usually occur in children are dreams outside of REM, during stage 4 sleep
Hypnosis – a state of relaxation in which attention is focused on certain objects, acts, or feelings.
Meditation – a form of self-control in which the outside world is cut off from consciousness
Biofeedback-A system for monitoring and feeding back information about certain biological
processes such as blood pressure
SLEEP
Circadian rhythm—
SLEEP STAGES (Know the waves for each state)
AWAKE
STAGE 1
STAGE 2
STAGE 3
STAGE 4
******REM (rapid eye movement)
NREM sleep – non-rapid eye movement sleep/ sleep involving partial thoughts, images, or
stories, poor organization
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