States Of Consciousness Research Paper
CVTC; Intro. Psych Your Name:
K. Mentink; SS14
Competency: Evaluate the impact of states of consciousness on behavior
Chapter 3.1: States of Consciousness – Full Paper
***We process most information outside of our conscious awareness***
We canNOT multitask effectively – conscious processing is SERIAL (one thought at a time)
1. Explain Dual Processing and “The Two-Track Mind”, describing unconscious parallel processing and serial conscious processing, and selective attention, and why they occur, discussing personal examples: Response: Dual processing is when you are consciously aware of your cognitive processing while you are also processing unconscious information. Unconscious parallel …show more content…
When you fall asleep you are at your earliest phase of sleep and are still relatively awake and alert. Your brain is still producing theta waves. This stage lasts around 5-10 minutes. The second stage of sleep lasts a bit longer, lasting around 20 minutes. In this stage, the brain begins to produce bursts of rapid and rhythmic brain wave and body temperature starts to decrease while heart rate begins to slow. The third stage of the sleep cycle is when your brain has slow and deep brain waves called delta waves. During this stage people become less responsive and noises around them generally fail to generate any response from them. During the fourth and final stage of sleep is where most of your dreaming occurs, called REM sleep. REM sleep is characterized by eye movement, increased respiration rate, and increased brain activity. Your dreaming occurs in REM sleep because of the increased brain activity. Once REM sleep is over, the body usually returns to stage 2 of sleep and your sleep cycles through these stages up to 5 times in the …show more content…
Explain how drug tolerance occurs, describing specific modifications in neurotransmitter and brain actions (remember your learning from Chapter 2; include several neurotransmitter actions and brain functions): Response:
For questions #10-13 below, describe each of the 3 categories of psychoactive drugs, including their impacts on one’s behaviors (what an individual under the influence of the drug experiences), and biological explanations for these effects: specify the changes in neurotransmitter actions, and/or effects on structures and functions of the brain/nervous system and how such effects elicit the behavioral impacts.
10. Depressants a. Alcohol—Behavioral impacts: Response:
Biological (neurological) explanations: Response:
b. Barbiturates (tranquilizers) and Opiates (opium, morphine, and heroin) -- Behavioral impacts: Response:
Biological (neurological) explanations: Response:
11. Stimulants
a. Nicotine -- Behavioral impacts: Response:
Biological (neurological) explanations: Response:
b. Cocaine – or – Ecstasy (list name of drug selected for responses) Behavioral impacts: Response: Biological explanations:
K. Mentink; SS14
Competency: Evaluate the impact of states of consciousness on behavior
Chapter 3.1: States of Consciousness – Full Paper
***We process most information outside of our conscious awareness***
We canNOT multitask effectively – conscious processing is SERIAL (one thought at a time)
1. Explain Dual Processing and “The Two-Track Mind”, describing unconscious parallel processing and serial conscious processing, and selective attention, and why they occur, discussing personal examples: Response: Dual processing is when you are consciously aware of your cognitive processing while you are also processing unconscious information. Unconscious parallel …show more content…
When you fall asleep you are at your earliest phase of sleep and are still relatively awake and alert. Your brain is still producing theta waves. This stage lasts around 5-10 minutes. The second stage of sleep lasts a bit longer, lasting around 20 minutes. In this stage, the brain begins to produce bursts of rapid and rhythmic brain wave and body temperature starts to decrease while heart rate begins to slow. The third stage of the sleep cycle is when your brain has slow and deep brain waves called delta waves. During this stage people become less responsive and noises around them generally fail to generate any response from them. During the fourth and final stage of sleep is where most of your dreaming occurs, called REM sleep. REM sleep is characterized by eye movement, increased respiration rate, and increased brain activity. Your dreaming occurs in REM sleep because of the increased brain activity. Once REM sleep is over, the body usually returns to stage 2 of sleep and your sleep cycles through these stages up to 5 times in the …show more content…
Explain how drug tolerance occurs, describing specific modifications in neurotransmitter and brain actions (remember your learning from Chapter 2; include several neurotransmitter actions and brain functions): Response:
For questions #10-13 below, describe each of the 3 categories of psychoactive drugs, including their impacts on one’s behaviors (what an individual under the influence of the drug experiences), and biological explanations for these effects: specify the changes in neurotransmitter actions, and/or effects on structures and functions of the brain/nervous system and how such effects elicit the behavioral impacts.
10. Depressants a. Alcohol—Behavioral impacts: Response:
Biological (neurological) explanations: Response:
b. Barbiturates (tranquilizers) and Opiates (opium, morphine, and heroin) -- Behavioral impacts: Response:
Biological (neurological) explanations: Response:
11. Stimulants
a. Nicotine -- Behavioral impacts: Response:
Biological (neurological) explanations: Response:
b. Cocaine – or – Ecstasy (list name of drug selected for responses) Behavioral impacts: Response: Biological explanations: