Notes/Study Guide - Consciousness
1. How does sleep relate to memory?
2. Define Consciousness.
3. What is the difference between a controlled process and automatic process? Give an example of each.
4. What is an altered state? What can cause it?
5. What is a biological clock?
6. What is a circadian rhythm?
7. What can happen if you mess up your circadian rhythm?
8. How many stages of sleep do you go trough? What is the deepest stage? During which stage do you dream
most?
9. Put the following under the proper column (Space available to add more):
A. Very vivid dreams occur
E. Each period lasts longer than the
B. Sleepwalking and talking occur
previous one
C. Decreases in length as the night
F. Incubus attacks, or night terrors
goes on
occur
D. Sleep paralysis occurs, your body
is paralyzed
REM sleep
NREM sleep
10. How much sleep do you need? Does age matter? Explain.
11. According to the Repair Theory, we sleep because….
12. According to the Adaptive Theory, we sleep because…
13. What can happen if you miss sleep or don’t sleep?
14. Complete the following chart..
SYMPTOMS/DESCRIPTION
narcolepsy
sleep apnea
insomnia
15. How are nightmares and night terrors different?
16. How does technology affect your sleep?
17. Briefly describe the two hypotheses about why we dream discussed in class.
18. Is hypnosis real? How does it work?
19. What is meditation?
20. What are psychoactive drugs?
21. In reference to drug use, what does the term tolerance mean?
22. What is a dependency on drugs?
23. What are withdrawal symptoms in relation to drugs?
24. What are depressants? What is the most common type of depressant?
25. What are stimulants?
26. What is the most commonly used hallucinogen?