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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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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

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