You are conscious or aware of things outside of yourself through the use of your five senses.
What is consciousness as a sensory awareness?
100
lasts on average 5-40 minutes: we do this on average 5 times a night (2 answers)
What is the average length of a dream and how many times on average do we go through the sleep cycle?
100
Beta waves are emitted at this time.
What waves are emitted when we are awake?
100
slows the activity of the nervous system and gives people a sense of relaxation, but can have negative effects also
What is a depressant?
100
roaming about almost nightly during stages of deep sleep
What is sleepwalking?
200
You think about abstract concepts such as fairness, or love,and use your imagination; aware of feelings
What is consciousness as a direct inner awareness?
200
a. helps people recover from stress
b. maintains a person’s proper brain function- memory/learning
c. helps one resist infection/ restoration and repair
Why is sleep a necessary function?
200
using drugs and alcohol
What is a common way to put one's self into an altered state of consciousness besides sleeping?
200
increase the activity of the nervous system and speed up the heart and breathing rate; includes nicotine, amphetamines, and cocaine
What is a stimulant?
200
the inability to sleep
What is insomnia?
300
Basic biological functions occur on this level
What is the nonconscious level?
300
What one gets when one does not get enough REM sleep
What is REM rebound?
300
a systematic narrowing of attention that slows metabolism and helps produce feelings of relaxation
What is meditation?
300
addictive depressants that have been used to relieve pain and induce sleep and can give the user a feeling of pleasure
What are narcotics?
300
similar to but more severe than nightmares but are seldom remembered
What are night terrors?
400
these memories are not in your awareness now, but if asked about them you could remember them
What is the preconscious level?
400
Sequence of bodily changes, such as body temperature, blood pressure, and sleepiness and wakefulness that occurs every 24 hours; governed by a biological clock
What is circadian rhythm?
400
a condition in which people appear to be highly suggestible and to behave as if they are in a trance
What is hypnosis?
400
drug found in tobacco leaves that spurs the release of the hormone adrenaline which causes the heart rate to increase
What is nicotine?
400
rare sleep disorder in which people fall asleep no matter what time it is or where they are
What is narcolepsy?
500
Associated with Sigmund Freud- info stored here is hidden
What is the unconscious or subconscious level?
500
1) rapid eye movement 2) increases in length 3) vivid dreams 4) nightmares 5) paralyzed body 6) most essential part of sleep
What are 6 characteristics of REM sleep?
500
a system for monitoring and feeding back information about certain biological processes, such as blood pressure
What is biofeedback?
500
a stimulant derived from the leaves of the a plant which produces feeling of pleasure, reduces hunger, deadens pain, and boosts self-confidence