1. EQ: WHAT IS CONSCIOUSNESS AND CIRCADIAN RHYTHM?

2. BELL RINGER Psych semester 1 evaluation Class roles

3. ASSIGNMENT Keep a dream journal for the next week Write down if anything out of the ordinary happened during the day (extreme stress, happiness, etc) Write down the dreams or parts of dreams that you remember

4. BELL RINGER Give examples of times a person is conscious and unconscious. What is consciousness? Write a definition in your own words.

5. CONSCIOUSNESS Awareness of yourself and your surroundings Consciousness is………. Subjective: Cannot share it with another person Selective: aware of some things but ignore others Divided: pay attention to two different things at once Continuous: each moment blends into the next Changing: Awareness shifts to other things within seconds Multi-leveled: Ranges from an alert awareness to stupor of deep sleep

6. CIRCADIAN RHYTHM Regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle which corresponds to changes such as body temp., blood pressure, and hormone levels

7. WRITE 2 OBSERVATIONS ABOUT THE CIRCADIAN RHYTHM BELOW

8. 1. COMPARE AND CONTRAST BODY TEMP, SLEEP, AND MELATONIN 2. WHAT DO YOU THINK MELATONIN IS?

9. WHY DO PEOPLE EXPERIENCE JET LAG?

10. WHY WOULD TRAVELING EAST TO WEST BE EASIER THAN WEST TO EAST? HINT: EAST TO WEST YOU LOOSE TIME EX: IF ITS 5:00 PM AND YOU TRAVEL 5 TIME ZONES WEST IT IS 12:00PM BUT IF YOU TRAVEL 5 TIME ZONES EAST IT IS 10:00PM

11. STUDIES ESTIMATE IT TAKES 24 HOURS FOR EACH HOUR OF TIME CHANGE TO RESET YOUR CIRCADIAN CLOCK For the following examples use the timezone map and 1.Calculate how many time zones you would travel through 2.How many days would it take to reset your circadian rhythm? 3.Which of the trips would you experience the most intense and long lasting jet lag? 4.Which trips would have the lease effect?

12. CHICAGO TO LOS ANGELES NEW YORK TO LONDON GERMANY TO NORWAY NAMIBIA TO ARGENTINA