Circadian rythms - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Dendrites - Answer-Receive information from other neurons and transmits it to the cell body Cell body - Answer-Keeps Neuron alive and decides when to fire Axon - Answer-Conducts impulses away from cell body and transmits the impulses to other cells Synapse and Synaptic cleft - Answer-Connection between axon of one neuron and dendrites of another where electrical signal is sent and carried through Axon terminal - Answer-Where axon connects with dendrites of another cell. Synaptic vesicles co...

absolute threshold - ANSWER the minimum stimulation needed to detect a particular stimulus 50 percent of the time accommodation - ANSWER (1) the process by which the eye's lens changes shape to focus near or far objects on the retina. (2) adapting our current understandings to incorporate new information achievement motivation - ANSWER a desire for significant accomplishment; for mastery of things, people, or ideas; for rapidly attaining a high standard achievement tests - ANSWER tests...

These notes reflect key points of chapter 5 in psychology 101 on variations in consciousness. It goes in-depth on topics such as consciousness, biological rhythms and sleep, theories of dreams, hypnosis, meditation, and altering consciousness with drugs.

This is intro. to Psychology class notes on states of consciousness. This document goes into detail about states of consciousness, biological rhythms, circadian rhythms, sleep regulation, what sleep is, the stages of sleep, brain waves during sleep, NREM sleep, REM sleep, theories of dreaming, altered states, substance use, depressants, stimulants, opioids, hallucinogen, other altered states, hypnotism, and meditation.