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Content Consciousness

Content Consciousness. State of awareness of internal events and of the external environment Perceptions, feelings, thoughts, images, desires, etc. Content Consciousness. Levels 1.basic-inner+outer world ex. hunger, cars 2. Reflection of what you are aware of

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Content Consciousness

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  1. Content Consciousness • State of awareness of internal events and of the external environment • Perceptions, feelings, thoughts, images, desires, etc.

  2. Content Consciousness • Levels • 1.basic-inner+outer world ex. hunger, cars • 2. Reflection of what you are aware of • 3. Top level-awareness of yourself as a conscious, reflective individual • Self awareness • Personal history, identity

  3. Content Consciousness • Nonconscious processes • Bodily activates that rarely, if ever, impinge on consciousness i.e.. Blood pressure, heart, eyes

  4. Content Consciousness • Preconscious memories • Memories accessible to conscious only after something calls your attention to them-your memory

  5. Content Consciousness • Studying the unconscious • Think aloud protocols • Report made by experimental participants of their mental processes + strategies while working on task • Experience-sampling model • Participants are asked to record feelings+thinking whenever signaled

  6. Functions of Consciousness • Survival (James) • Making sense of environment • Restrictive function-lessens stimulus • Selective storage-categorizes • Executive control-stop+remember back, use old experiences • Culture plays role • Consensus validation-culture+personal views come together

  7. Functions of Consciousness • Conscious often affected by unconscious • (SLIP) spoonerisms of Laboratory-Induced Predisposition

  8. Sleep/Dreams • Circadian rhythms • Consistent pattern of cyclical body activities, usually lasting 24-25 hours • Internal biological clock • 24.18-hour cycle • Ex. Disruption-jet lag

  9. Sleep/Dreams • Sleep cycle • Electroencephalogram (EEG) • Rapid eye movement (REM)-dreaming • Non rapid eye movement (NREM)-less dreams

  10. Sleep/Dreams • Tracking sleep • Going to bed 14 cycles per second (CPS) • Relaxing in bed 8-12 CPS • Stage 1:3-7 CPS-sleep • Stage 2:12-16 CPS-sleep spindles • Mini bursts of electrical activity • Stage 3&4:1-2 CPS-deep sleep • Breathing/heart rate decrease • REM sleep-dreams

  11. Sleep/Dreams • Stages 1-4 = about 90 min. • REM sleep 10 min • 100 min sleep cycle 4-6 1 night • Each cycle deep sleep decreases as REM sleep increases • Last cycle up to 1 hr REM • Sleep=about REM 25% NREM 75% • Decrease in sleep w/ age

  12. Sleep Issues • Conservation • Saving energy for daily task ex. When dark no need to hunt

  13. Sleep Issues • Restoration • Replenish neurotransmitters + neuromodulators

  14. Sleep Issues • REM sleep • Might connect nerves+muscle pathways • Maintain mood and emotions • Balance brain

  15. Sleep Disorders • Insomnia • Dissatisfied w/ sleep • Cannot fall asleep, light sleep, wake up early • Subjectivity of person

  16. Sleep Disorders • Narcolepsy • Sleep during day time • Hit REM sleep instantly • Genetic

  17. Sleep Disorders • Apnea • Stops breathing while sleeping • Daytime Sleepiness • Excessive sleepiness during daytime activity • 30% of HS students sleep 1x/day

  18. Freud • Latent content-hidden meaning of a dream • Manifest content-surface content of a dream, might mask true meaning • Dream work-process which dreamer turns latent content into manifest content • Dream analysis-is to reverse process for dream work

  19. Freud • Dreams-unconscious wishes • Idiosyncratic-individual dreams • Universal-dreams common to all

  20. Non-Western • Many cultures more into dream analysis, sharing, importance

  21. Lucid Dreaming • Ability to control one’s dreams • Learned skill

  22. Hypnosis • Hypnos-Greek god of sleep • Altered state of awareness • Deep relation, susceptibility to suggestion • Changes in perception, memory motivation + self control

  23. Hypnosis • Hypnotizability • Degree to which the individual is responsive to standardized hypnotic suggestions • Hypnotic analgesia • Ability to reduce pain • Auto hypnosis • Self induced

  24. Meditation • Form of consciousness change designed to enhance self knowledge and well being by achieving a deep state of tranquility

  25. Hallucinations • Vivid perceptions that occur in the absence of objective stimulation

  26. Religious Ecstasy • Meditation, prayer, fasting, and spiritual communication

  27. Drugs • Psychoactive • Affect mental processes and behavior by temporarily changing conscious awareness of reality • Alter brain function

  28. Drugs • Tolerance • Greater amount required to achieve same effect

  29. Drugs • Physiological dependence • Body becomes adjusted to and dependent on substance

  30. Drugs • Addiction • Body must have, suffers pain/withdrawal

  31. Drugs • Psychological dependence • Need or craving for drug

  32. NLP • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Vz_YTNLn6w

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