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Consciousness

Awareness of stimuli in the environment and inside of you

Waking consciousness

mental processes of alert organizations

Altered consciousness

mental processes that aren't typical. Different from normal awareness (drugs, fatigue, hypnosis, trauma or shock)

Biological rhythms

physical fluctuations of your body with an established period of time

Circadian rhythms

any behavioral or physiological cycle that changes daily (24 hour cycles)

Brain wave patterns involve the sleep-wake cycle

1. Alpha waves


2. Theta waves


3. Delta waves

Alpha waves

indicate a state of relaxation or light sleep

Theta waves

indicate the early stages of sleep

Delta waves

long, slow waves that indicate the deepest stage of sleep

Understanding of the sleep stages, brain wave patterns during each stage

1. REM


2. Non-REM (NREM)


3. Non-REM Stage 1


Stage 2


Stage 3-4


REM

Rapid eye movement. Eyes are moving rapidly under eyelids while sleeping. Typically experiencing a dream.

Non-REM (NREM)

NREM sleep - any stages of sleep that don't include REM

Sleep Stages

Non-rem Stage 1. Light sleep


Stage 2. Sleep spindles


Stage 3-4 Delta waves roll in



Overview of causes for sleep complaints

1. Nightmares


2. Sleepwalking


3. Night terrors


4. Insomnia


5. Sleep apnea


6. Narcolepsy

Nightmares

bad dreams occurring during REM sleep

Sleepwalking

occurring during sleep

Night terrors

extreme fear and screams during deep sleep

Insomnia

inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or get good sleep

Sleep apnea

person stops breathing for nearly half a minute or more

Narcolepsy

person falls asleep immediately into REM sleep during the day without warning

Definition of Cognition

the way in which info is processed and manipulated in remembering, thinking and knowing.

Definition of concepts

mental categories that are used to group objects, events, and characteristics

Types of problem solving

Trial and error


Algorithms


Heuristic


Insight

Definition of critical thinking

thought processes that are reflective and productive and evaluates the evidence

Basic difference between inductive reasoning versus deductive reasoning

Inductive reasoning looks at specific observations (analyzing available evidence and past experiences) and tries to make them a general theory. Deductive reasoning looks at a theory or general statement and moves towards a specific conclusion.

Decision making

evaluating alternatives and making choices among them