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Consciousness |
Awareness of stimuli in the environment and inside of you |
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Waking consciousness |
mental processes of alert organizations |
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Altered consciousness |
mental processes that aren't typical. Different from normal awareness (drugs, fatigue, hypnosis, trauma or shock) |
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Biological rhythms |
physical fluctuations of your body with an established period of time |
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Circadian rhythms |
any behavioral or physiological cycle that changes daily (24 hour cycles) |
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Brain wave patterns involve the sleep-wake cycle |
1. Alpha waves 2. Theta waves 3. Delta waves |
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Alpha waves |
indicate a state of relaxation or light sleep |
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Theta waves |
indicate the early stages of sleep |
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Delta waves |
long, slow waves that indicate the deepest stage of sleep |
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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
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REM |
Rapid eye movement. Eyes are moving rapidly under eyelids while sleeping. Typically experiencing a dream. |
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Non-REM (NREM) |
NREM sleep - any stages of sleep that don't include REM |
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Sleep Stages |
Non-rem Stage 1. Light sleep Stage 2. Sleep spindles Stage 3-4 Delta waves roll in
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Overview of causes for sleep complaints |
1. Nightmares 2. Sleepwalking 3. Night terrors 4. Insomnia 5. Sleep apnea 6. Narcolepsy |
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Nightmares |
bad dreams occurring during REM sleep |
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Sleepwalking |
occurring during sleep |
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Night terrors |
extreme fear and screams during deep sleep |
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Insomnia |
inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or get good sleep |
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Sleep apnea |
person stops breathing for nearly half a minute or more |
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Narcolepsy |
person falls asleep immediately into REM sleep during the day without warning |
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Definition of Cognition |
the way in which info is processed and manipulated in remembering, thinking and knowing. |
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Definition of concepts |
mental categories that are used to group objects, events, and characteristics |
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Types of problem solving |
Trial and error Algorithms Heuristic Insight |
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Definition of critical thinking |
thought processes that are reflective and productive and evaluates the evidence |
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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. |
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Decision making |
evaluating alternatives and making choices among them |