Psych: Consciousness Chapter 5

Mental activities requiring minimal attention and having little impact on other activities

A group of techniques designed to refocus attention, block out all distractions, and produce an alternate state of consciousness

Drug taking that causes emotional or physical harm to the drug user or others

Discomfort and distress, including physical pain and intense cravings after stopping the use of an addictive drug

What disease is marked by sudden and irresistible onsets of sleep during normal waking hours

Mental activities requiring focused attention that generally interfere with other ongoing activities

Broad term describing a compulsion to use a specific drug or engage in a certain activity

According to Freud, a dream's surface content, which contains dream symbols that distort and disguise the dream's true meaning.

A trancelike state of heightened suggestibility, deep relaxation, and intense focus

Repeated interruption of breathing during sleep because air passages to the lungs are physically blocked

An organism's awareness of its own self and surroundings

Psychoactive Drugs that act on the central nervous system to suppress or slow bodily processes and reduce overall responsiveness

Desire or craving to achieve the effects produced by a drug

A mental state other than ordinary waking consciousness, found during sleep, dreaming, psychoactive drug use, hypnosis, and so on.

Hobson's theory that dreams are by products of random stimulation of brain cells

The true, unconscious meaning of a dream, according to Freudian dream theory

Chemicals that change conscious awareness, mood, or perception.

Drugs derived from opium that function as an analgesic or pain reliever. Mimics endorphins and can cause life threatening side effects

Drugs that produce sensory or perceptual distortions called hallucinations

Chemical (or drug) that mimics the action of a specific neurotransmitter

Decreased sensitivity to a drug brought about by its continuous use. Requires larger and more frequent doses of a drug to produce a desired effect

A stage of sleep marked by high-frequency brain waves, paralysis of large muscles, and dreaming

Anxiety-arousing dreams generaly occurring near the end of the sleep cycle, during REM sleep

Chemical (or drug) that opposes or blocks the action of neurotransmitter

Abrupt awakenings from NREM sleep accompanied by intense physiological arousal and feelings of panic

Drugs that act on the brain and nervous system to increase their overall activity and general responsiveness

Biological changes that occur on a 24-hour cycle

Bodily processes have been so modified by repeated use of a drug that continued use is required to prevent withdrawal symptoms

Broad term describing a compulsion to use a specific drug or engage in a certain activity

Persistent problems in falling asleep, staying asleep, or awakening too early

REM sleep is called...

Suggests that sleep serves as an important recuperative function

Suggests that sleep is a part of circadian rhythms and evolved as a means to conserve energy and protect individuals from predators

Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis of dreaming

Information Processing theory of dreams

Waves associated with drowsy relaxation

With regard to sleep, research suggests that this is nature's first need

Suggests that dreams are coherent synthesis of random, spontaneous neuron activity

2 central nervous system stimulants

How many hours of sleep do you need a night?

A relaxed period characterized by feelings of floating, visual images, or swift jerky movements

Alcohol can cause a coma or death when it reaches a level equal to or greater than

Deeply relaxed people with heightened suggestibility will allow a hypnotist to direct their fantasies and behavior

About how long the typical sleep cycle is

Seasonal depression, one needs sunlight

What is the problem with too much daydreaming?

How can you change consciousness?

Who said that people who steal or do other dangerous activities do not have very vivid fantasies

What makes us sleep?
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Darkness ...

Light...

Who discovered the stages of sleep?

People with Narcolepsy lack the neurotransmitter

Breathing becomes more regular and your heart rate slows, as your blood pressure decreases

Sleep is noted by sleep spindles (twitches) and the progression of a more relaxed and less responsive to external environment sleep.

Marked by slow, high-amplitude delta waves and it is very hard to wake a person

The DEEPEST sleep. The time when most children wet their bed and when sleep walking occurs.

Stages 1-4 are considered...

What stage can hallucinations be found?

Slow, high-amplitude waves, which signify deeper levels of sleep