Quiz 1 B

an individuals awareness of external and internal stimuli

activites that require full alertness and awareness and concernation - intentional - interferes with our abilities to multitask or be aware of many things at once

activities that require little awareness or attention and do not interfere with other activities - become automatic through repetition and learning

requires little awareness and often occurs during an automatic process - involves fantasizing of dreaming when the person is awake

produce an awareness that differs from normal Consciousness - brought through factors like, medication, psychoactive drugs, hypnosis

- involves 5 stages - light, daydream- sleep, deep sleep - dreaming unique state of conscious which we are asleep bht experience strange perceptions and distorted thought patterns

- not being aware that you remember information

not being aware of yourself or ur surroundings

refers to a natural occuring cycle of physiological changes or behaviors patterns in living organisms - influence by internal factors such as genetic and circadian clocks, but also external factors like environmental factors - help organism adapt to their surroundings and optimize their functioning in different situations

- sleep disturbances - impaired cognitive function - weakend immune function - hormonal imbalance

- natural, internal process that regulates the sleep and wake states in living organism - influenced by environment factors particularly the light and dark cycle of day

the sleep cycle is regulated by the body internal circadian located in the brains SCN of the hypothalamus - light signals received by the eyes synchronize the internal clokc with the natural day- night cycle