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Openstax Psychology 2e Chapter 6 (Actual / ) 51 Questions Verified Answers Latest

Consciousness awareness of internal and external stimuli

Evolutionary psychology discipline that studies how universal patterns of behavior and cognitive processes have evolved over time as a result of natural selection

Rapid eye movement (REM) period of sleep characterized by brain waves very similar to those during wakefulness and by darting movements of the eyes under closed eyelids

non-REM (NREM) period of sleep outside periods of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep

Stage 1 sleep 1 / 2

first stage of sleep; transitional phase that occurs between wakefulness and sleep; the period during which a person drifts off to sleep

Stage 2 sleep second stage of sleep; the body goes into deep relaxation; characterized by the appearance of sleep spindles

Sleep spindle rapid burst of high frequency brain waves during stage 2 sleep that may be important for learning and memory

K-complex very high amplitude pattern of brain activity associated with stage 2 sleep that may occur in response to environmental stimuli

Stage 3 sleep third stage of sleep; deep sleep characterized by low frequency, high amplitude delta waves

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