1. States of Consciousness
Chapter 7 Notes

2. Bodily Rhythms Ultradian Rhythms (sleep cycle)
Infradian Rhythms (menstrual cycle)
Circadian Rhythms: 24/25 body clocks
Examples:
Body temperature
Bathroom
Wakefulness

3. Bodily Rhythms Disruptions to rhythm: jet lag shift workers
Seasonal affective disorder

5. Sleep
Why do I sleep?
Repair theory suggests that activities during the day that deplete key factors in our brain or body that need to be repaired when we sleep. Pituitary Gland activation and increased production of immune cells are produced in sleep.
Adaptive theory suggests that sleep evolved because it prevented early animals and humans from wasting energy and protected them from the dangers of nocturnal predators.

6. Sleep Why do we dream? Freud Extension of Waking Life
Activation-Synthesis Theory

7. Sleep The 4 Stages of Sleep
Every ____ minutes we pass through a cycle of stages.
Eugene Aserinksy accidentally discovered this with his son/EEG in 1952.

8. Sleep Stages

10. Sleep Disorders & Treatments
Insomnia
Night Terrors
Sleep Apnea
Narcolepsy

11. Hypnosis Antoine Mesmer and magnetism Charcot and Freud 2 Theories
Orne and Evans (Social Pressure)
Hilgard (Divided Consciousness)

12. Psychoactive Drugs Depressants Alcohol Opiate drugs – heroin
Barbiturate – Valium
Nembutal (sleep aids)

13. Psychoactive Drugs Stimulants Hallucinogens Caffeine Nicotine
Amphetamines
Cocaine – blocks reuptake of dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin
Hallucinogens
Marijuana (THC)
LSD