Chapter 3- States of Consciousness Questions and Answers Complete100% verified

consciousness - our awareness of ourselves and our environment circadian rhythm - the biological clock; bodily rhythms that occur in 24 hour cycle (ex. body temp rises during day, peaks at noon, decreases at night) REM sleep - rapid eye movement sleep; starts out small, then gets longer as night progresses; sleep stage in which vivid dreams occur; paradoxical sleep; muscles are relaxed, but brain is active alpha waves - little, slow brain waves of relaxed, Awake state hallucinations - false sensory experiences that occur without sensory stimulus; usually happen in Stage 1 sleep (ex. feeling of falling, feeling of floating) insomnia - reoccurring problems in falling or staying asleep; problems staying IN bed narcolepsy - a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks; patient lapses directly into REM sleep sleep apnea - a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations/stopping of breathing during sleep and waking up because of it; happens often in overweight men night terrors - a sleep disorder usually in children characterized by high arousal and terrified appearance; NOT nightmares, they occur in Stage 4 sleep dream - sequence of images, emotions, thoughts in the mind of sleeping person; occurs only during REM sleep manifest content - according to Freud, remembered dream content of what happenedlatent content - according to Freud, the hidden meaning of a dream; a safe way of expressing hidden desires