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States of Access Consciousness
Stati des Bewusstsein
Dualitt bedeutet:
Richtig und Falsch Gut und Schlecht,
sind Bewertungen unseres Verstandes
Die Dinge sind wie sie sind, als auch die Umkehrung gilt.
Dies ergibt sich aus den Spiegelgesetzen und den Hermetischen
Gesetzen.Things never were the way they used to be.
Things will never be the way its going to be someday.
Things are always just the way they are for the time being.And the time is always in motion.
Alexander Evangeli Xenopouloudakis
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Was ist Bewusstsein, Gewahrsein ?
What is consciousness? Awareness ?
Awareness of ones own mental activity
Personal Can be selective
Consciousness is continuous
and ever-changing
Klinger (1978)
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In performing an experiment like this one on man
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Attentional Processes Selective Attention
The ability to focus awareness on a singlestimulus to the exclusion of other stimuli
Cocktail party phenomenon
Divided attention The ability to distribute ones attention and
simultaneously engage in two or more activities
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Access Consciousness - Awareness Is awareness of both external and internal
stimuli or events.
It refers to our mental content (thoughts and
feelings) which we are aware.
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Degrees of Conscious Awareness Conscious
Preconscious - is part of the conscious mind
and includes our memory. These memoriesare not conscious, but we can retrieve themto conscious awareness at any time.
Unconscious- is a reservoir of feelings,thoughts, urges, and memories that outside ofour conscious awareness.
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Levels of ConsciousnessHigh Level ofAwareness
Requires attention, controlled processes
Low Level ofAwareness
Automatic Processes- minimal attentionDay dreaming- between consciousness and
dreaming while sleeping
Altered states ofConsciousness
Awareness produced by drugs, trauma,fatigue, meditation, and sensory deprivation.
Sleep and dreams- low level of consciousness
No Awareness Unconscious mind- Freud
Coma, disease, being knocked, anesthetized
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Mental Control & Thought
Suppression Wegner and colleagues (1987)
Can we at suppress our thoughts? IV: 2 (order:expression/suppression X
suppression/expression)
DV: # of rings of bell (to indicate thinking of white
bear) and mentions of white bear Rebound effect
Stereotypes, dieting
Generally good control butsometimes we fail
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Sleep IQ Test1. During sleep your brain rests.
2. You can not learn to function normally withone or two fewer hours of sleep a night thanyou need.
3. Boredom makes you feel sleepy, even if youhave had enough sleep.
4. Resting in bed with your eyes closed cannotsatisfy your bodys need for sleep.
5. Snoring is not harmful, as long as it doesntdisturb others or wake you up.
6. Everyone dreams at night.
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Sleep IQ Test7. The older you get, the fewer hours of sleep you
need.
8. Most people dont know when they are sleepy.
9. Raising the volume of your radio will help youstay awake while driving.
10. Sleep disorders are mainly due to worry orpsychological problems.
11. The human body never adjusts to night shiftwork.
12. Most sleep disorders go away, even withouttreatment.
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Sleep IQ Answers1. During sleep your brain rests.
False:While your body rests, your brain doesnt.
2. You can not learn to function normally with one ortwo fewer hours of sleep a night than you need.
True:Sleep need is biological. While children need more
sleep than adults, how much sleep any individual needs isgenetically determined.
3. Boredom makes you feel sleepy, even if you have
had enough sleep.False:Boredom only unmasks sleepiness, but it doesntcause it.
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Sleep IQ Answers4. Resting in bed with your eyes closed cannot satisfy
your bodys need for sleep.
True:Sleep is as necessary to health as food and water,and rest is no substitute for sleep.
5. Snoring is not harmful, as long as it doesnt disturb
others or wake you up.False:Snoring may be a signal for sleep apnea (which canbe fatal if untreated).
6. Everyone dreams at night.
True:Every person dreams every night its just that someof us cant remember much of our dreams.
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Sleep IQ Answers7. The older you get, the fewer hours of sleep you
need.
False:Although we tend to sleep less, our need for sleepdoesnt decrease as we age.
8. Most people dont know when they are sleepy.
True:We are not very good judges of our biological needfor sleep.
9. Raising the volume of your radio will help you stay
awake while driving.False:The only short-term solutions are to pull over andtake a nap or to have a caffeinated drink.
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Sleep IQ Answers10. Sleep disorders are mainly due to worry or
psychological problems.
False:Sleep apnea is caused by relaxed muscles andnarcolepsy appears to be genetic.
11. The human body never adjusts to night shift work.
True:No matter how long you work a night shift, sleepingduring the day remains a challenge because of ourcircadian rhythms that operate on the light/dark schedule.
12. Most sleep disorders go away, even without
treatment.False:On average, sleep disorders do not disappearwithout treatment.
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The Stages of Sleep Stage 2
Sleep spindles
Lasts about 20 minutes
Stages 3 & 4
Delta wave Deep sleep
Last about 30 minutes
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The Stages of Sleep REM
After reverting back through stages 3 and 2, the
brain enters the REM (rapid eye movement) stage Marked by more vivid, detailed, and storylike
dreams We dream during all stages but these are more visual
Each cycle lasts roughly 90 minutes Approx. 4 to 6 cycles per night
The first time through the cycle, you only spend
about 10 minutes in REM which increases to 30to 60 minutes by the last cycle
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Why do we sleep? Restorative theories Sleep rejuvenates us
Amount of slow wave sleep depends on howlong weve been awake
Circadian theories Evolutionarily, it has survival value
Amount of REM sleep depends on circadianrhythm
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What are dreams?Dreaming permits each and every one of us to
be quietly and safely insane every night of
our lives.Charles Fisher
What are dreams? Electrochemical events that involve the
brainstem, areas of the cortex, and the eyes
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What do we dream about? Dream content
Most common themes: falling, being
chased/attacked, repeatedly trying but failing todo something
What influences the dreams we have
Concerns of youreveryday life
External stimuli
Yourself Lucid dreaming
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Why do we dream? Wish fulfillment (Freud)
Manifest content
Latent content
Activation-synthesis (Hobson & McCarley) Activation: random neural signals firing in the
brainstem that spread up to the cortex
Synthesis: the brain then creates images and
stories in an effort to make sense out of theserandom signals
So whos right?
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Sleep Disorders Insomnia
Chronic problems in getting good sleep
Difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep
Causes Stress, depression, health problems
Solutions Sedatives arent always effective and should never be a
long-term solution!!!
Dont take naps during the day
Avoid alcohol, caffeine, and cigarettes within 5 hrs beforebedtime (avoid exercise within 2 hrs)
Keep a rigid schedule going to bed and waking up at thesame time
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Sleep Disorders Hypersomnia
Being sleepy during the day and sleeping too
much at night
Narcolepsy
Parasomnias Sleep apnea
Nightmares
Night terrors Sleepwalking
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Hypnosis An induced state of consciousness Highly suggestible state
Can influence thinking, feeling & behavior Franz Anton Mesmer
Animal magnetism
Two stages of hypnosis Induction
Suggestion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5coUgy03ug0
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Hypnotic Susceptibility Hilgards Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility
Scale Roughly 10% highly hypnotizable Roughly 10% not hypnotizable at all
Effects of hypnosis Perceptual effects
Altering smells Pain relief
Cognitive effects Hypermnesia vs. psuedomemories
Behavioral effects Posthypnotic suggestion
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Chemically Altered Consciousness Psychoactive drugs
Induce changes in thinking, perception &
behavior by affecting neuronal activity in thebrain
Four general categories Depressants Stimulants
Hallucinogens Opiates