Critical Thinking States of Consciousness You will receive written feedback on the questions within 1-2 days after the due date of the assignment

Critical Thinking States of Consciousness

You will receive written feedback on the questions within 1-2 days after the due date of the assignment.  Please use information from the Power Points slides, as well as the textbook, to answer these questions. Responses should be anywhere from 1-2 paragraphs for each question.

Please answer the following questions:

1. What are the five stages of sleep? Explain how we can tell what stage of sleep a person is in, and what would happen at each of the stages if someone was awoken?

2. What are the causes of each of the sleep disorders discussed in class? What are the treatments for each of these four disorders?

3. Describe each of the three theories of why dreams occur. Which one seems to be most applicable to your personal experience with dreams?

4. What are the four classes of psychoactive drugs? Take an example from each category and discuss how this drug may affect cognitive and behavioral functioning, as well as physiological processes within the body.

5. What determines whether sensory deprivation has a positive or negative effect on the functioning of the individual? Provide a real world example of a situation in which it may be beneficial and in which it may be detrimental.