Altered States
Chemical substances that act upon the central nervous system and are associated with changes in perception, mood, and behavior.
What are PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS?
The ability to learn from experience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate one's environment.
A state of consciousness characterized by high levels of awareness, behavior, and thought.
What is WAKEFULNESS?
Innate, complex patterns of behavior that are characteristic of a species.
What are INSTINCTS?
Energy Conservation, Brain Maintenance, Physical Repair and Rejuvenation, Improved Cognitive Function, and better Mental Health are all benefits of this.
What is SLEEP?
A state of highly focused attention, deep relaxation, and heightened suggestibility.
What is HYPNOSIS?
What is ETHNOCENTRISM?
A type of dreaming where the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming and may have some control over their dreams.
What are LUCID DREAMS?
A behavior is promoted by providing a consequence an individual finds rewarding.
What is POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT?
People who do not get enough sleep will accrue one of these.
What is a SLEEP DEBT?
The family of psychoactive drugs which include Psilocybin (“magic” mushrooms), LSD (“acid”), Peyote, and DMT.
What are HALLUCINOGENS?
He proposed that people have different types of intelligences, including: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal, and intrapersonal.
Who is HOWARD GARDNER?
A unique phase of sleep characterised by random rapid movement of the eyes, low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.
What is REM SLEEP?
Involves removing a desirable stimulus or something rewarding immediately following a behavior to DECREASE the likelihood of that behavior happening in the future.
What is NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT?
Slower brain waves occur during this stage of sleep.
What is STAGE 4?
Reduced Stress and Anxiety, Enhanced Focus and Memory, Better Emotional Regulation, and Increased Compassion are some of the mental and emotional benefits of this.
What is MEDITATION?
Often emphasize only cognitive abilities related to academic achievement, (rapid information processing, memory, language skills, mathematical aptitude, and logical reasoning).
What are ANGLO-EUROPEAN/NORTH AMERICAN CULTURES?
A state of deep unconsciousness in which a person fails to respond normally to painful stimuli, light, or sound, lacks a normal wake-sleep cycle, and does not initiate voluntary actions.
What is a COMA?
Learning through associating behaviors with consequences (reinforcement or punishment), as explored by B.F. Skinner.
What is OPERANT CONDITIONING?
Refers to difficulty in falling or remaining asleep.
What is INSOMNIA?
Antidepressants, antipsychotics, and mood stabilizers are all examples of these.
What are PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS?
A major criticism of Intelligence tests.
What is THEY DO NOT MEASURE OTHER TYPES OF INTELLIGENCE (EMOTIONAL, SOCIAL, OR MORAL).
The average number of hours of sleep recommended for people aged 14-17.
What is 8 - 10 HOURS?
A method of learning where people acquire new behaviors and skills by watching and imitating others.
What is OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING?
The percentage of nightly sleep spent in REM.
What is 25%?