Consciousness and self-consciousness
Consciousness Sensation and Perception examined the effects of sensory input and how it is interpreted. Consciousness examines how we process and define our world.
Suggested supplemental material: Internet Listening: Radio Lab (www.wnyc.org) Season One: “Who Am I?” Season Two: “Where Am I?” Season Three: “Sleep” Learning Objectives: States of Consciousness (sleep) Hypnosis (fantasy prone personality) Altering Consciousness
Meanings of consciousness Sensory awareness Select aspect of attention Direct inner awareness Freud: Preconscious, Unconscious, Nonconscious Personal Unity Waking State
Sleep & Dreams Tool: EEG Measure: Brain Waves States: Awake, (beta waves) Relaxed, (alpha waves) Sleeping (theta, delta)
5 Stages of Sleep Stages 1 - 4 (NREM) Stage 1: theta waves, Hypnagogic state Stage 2: brain spindles Stage 3: delta waves Stage 4: Deepest Stage sleep terror, bedwetting, sleepwalking
5 Stages of Sleep Stage 5 (REM) “Paradoxical Sleep” Nightmares Sleep paralysis An explanation of Alien Abduction claims (solved!)
SLEEP: miscellaneous Function: Why do we sleep? Freud: dream interpretation Activation-Synthesis Model Sleep Disorders
Hypnosis Franz Anton Mesmer Hypnosis terms “Mesmerism” “Animal Magnetism” Hypnosis Hypnosis terms
Theories of Hypnosis Role Theory Response Set Theory Focus on hypnotic suggestions Not Faking Response Set Theory Expectancies Neodissociation Theory Imagination as distraction
Role of Fantasy Fantasy Prone Personality Normal: future situations Spend much time, vivid Normal: future situations planning, decision making Sexual fantasies are normal Males: higher frequency Deviant: sex & aggression Males: emotionally unstable, socially alienated
Theories of Hypnosis Franz Anton Mesmer Role Theory (Not Faking) “Mesmerism” “Animal Magnetism” Hypnosis Hypnosis terms Role Theory (Not Faking) Focus on hypnotic suggestions Response Set Theory Expectancies Neodissociation Theory (E. Hildegard) Imagination as distraction
CONSCIOUSNESS Meditation Biofeedback Act/process of thinking vs. ritual exercises Spiritual, philosophical Valuable for relaxation, lower BP Biofeedback Obtain environmental info Develop control Employ it when needed
Altering Consciousness Through Drugs Depressants Alcohol (Wernicke-Korsakoff) Opiates Barbiturates
Altering Consciousness Through Drugs Stimulants: Amphetamines Nicotine Cocaine
Altering Consciousness Through Drugs Hallucinogenics Marijuana mild hallucinogen Lysergic Acid Dithalimide “LSD” Synthetic ergot