Consciousness & Awareness
The state of being aware of your thoughts, feelings, and surroundings.
What is consciousness?
The body’s internal 24-hour clock that regulates sleep-wake cycles.
What are circadian rhythms?
Bad dreams occurring during REM sleep that you can often recall.
What are nightmares?
The theory that hypnosis splits consciousness into multiple streams.
What is dissociation?
Drugs that alter perception, mood, or behavior.
What are psychoactive drugs?
Brain waves associated with alert, active thinking.
What are beta waves?
The repeating pattern of stages the body cycles through while sleeping.
What are sleep stages?
Frightening episodes mostly in children, occurring during deep NREM sleep.
What are night terrors?
The idea that people are in a social role or performing according to expectations under hypnosis.
What is the social-cognitive theory of hypnosis?
Pain-relieving drugs derived from opium.
What are opiates/narcotics?
Brain waves linked to deep relaxation or light meditation.
What are alpha waves?
A sleep stage characterized by rapid eye movement and vivid dreams.
What is REM sleep?
What are dream theories?Theories that dreams either satisfy unconscious desires or process daily information.
What are dream theories?
The idea that hypnosis creates a hidden “observer” in the mind that monitors behavior.
What is the neodissociation theory of hypnosis?
Drugs that depress or slow down the nervous system, often used to help sleep or anxiety.
What are sedatives?
What are theta waves?Brain waves seen during drowsiness and the early stages of sleep.
What are theta waves?
Difficulty falling or staying asleep on a regular basis.
What is insomnia?
A focused practice that increases awareness and relaxation.
What is meditation?
The term for hypnosis as a tool to access hidden thoughts or control pain.
What is therapeutic hypnosis?
Drugs that increase activity in the nervous system and boost alertness.
What are stimulants?
Brain waves that occur during deep, dreamless sleep.
What are delta waves?
A disorder where breathing repeatedly stops during sleep.
What is sleep apnea?
A technique that induces a trance-like state for increased suggestibility.
What is hypnosis?
The degree to which a person can respond to hypnotic suggestions.
What is hypnotic susceptibility?
Drugs like alcohol or barbiturates that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.
What are depressants?