Consciousness
Our awareness of the world around us and within us, including our emotions, senses and the environment is called:
What is consciousness?
act of focusing on a single target (such as the breath or a repeated sound) to increase awareness of the moment
What is hypnosis?
Some drugs increase the neurotransmitter dopamine in the body, which triggers “reward system” . This makes the drug more addicting, and can also eventually reduce a person's ability to feel pleasure without the drug. This class of highly addicting drugs, which includes cocaine and methamphetamine are called:
What are stimulants?
When we cross multiple time zones rapidly, it can throw our sleep patterns out of synchrony with the world around us, causing us to feel fatigue, sluggish and irritable. This disruption of sleep due to time zone changes is called:
Definition of sleep debt
does not get sufficient sleep on a chronic basis.
Awareness of one's internal stimuli
What are hunger, thirst, thoughts and feelings?
state of extreme self-focus and attention in which minimal attention is given to external stimuli
What is Meditation?
When the use of a psychoactive drug negatively impacts how well a person can function in the world, such as at school, work, or maintaining friendships, and the person continues to use the drug in spite of these effects, this is called (two words):
What is substance abuse?
As we fall into sleep, our brain waves begin to change their pattern. One of the first signs of moving into deep sleep is that our brain waves begin to create short spikes of electrical activity that interrupt the calmer firing. These short spikes of brain activity are called:
What are sleep spindles?
Immediate consequences of sleep debt
±Decreased levels of alertness
±Decreased performance on tasks
±Mental inefficiency
Types of external stimuli
seeing a sunset, hearing a friend's voice, temperature in a room,
unique state of consciousness where you experience a lowered level of awareness but, your brain is still active and cycles through different stages.
What is sleep?
In order to get the same effect from a drug, more is needed:
What is tolerance?
The 24 hour cycle that our body goes through is actually controlled by a small part of our brain that responds to light information. This cycle controlling structure is called the:
What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus?
Consequences of sleep debt: sleep deprivation affects cognitive and motor function as much as, if not more than
Alcohol intoxication
Full awareness means
Wakefulness is characterized by high levels of sensory awareness, thought, and behavior
sleep cycle most often associated with the dreams that you can remember when you wake up
People habitually can find themselves habitually using a drug is to address an emotional need, not a physiological need. This kind of need can also occur with behaviors such as gambling. This is known as:
What is psychological dependance?
Our body goes through a cycle of hormonal change, wakefulness, and brain activity that repeats approximately every 24 hours. This pattern is called:
What is circadian rhythm?
Long term consequences of sleep debt can cause cardiovascular issues such as:
high blood pressure, stroke and heart disease
Deep sleep refers to
low levels of physical activity and reduced sensory awareness
The drug is probably the most commonly used drug is a stimulant. In high dosages in can create sleeplessness, involuntary muscle movements, high heart rate and even death. This drug is:
What is caffeine?
When we are in dreaming sleep, our eyes begin to move rapidly in the head, our body does not move, and the brain is very active. This is called:
What is REM sleep?
Sleep debt can cause weight gain. True or false
True. Metabolic functioning and hunger are affected by lack of sleep.