Sleep
Personal Awareness of mental activities, internal sensations, and the external environment.
What is Consciousness.
_____________ is a hormone that triggers sleep and is manufactured in the pineal gland.
This theory suggests that sleep promotes physiological processes that restore and rejuventates the body and the mind.
What is the restorative theory of sleep.
______________ refers to a group of techniques that induce an altered state of focused attention and heightened awareness.
These drugs produce marked feelings of dissociation and depersonalization and are used as anesthetics.
Give one example
What is dissociative anesthetics.
PCP, Ketamine
Consciousness is often described by comparing it to what body of water?
What is a river. It is always flowing and moving.
What is an instrument that uses electrodes placed on the scalp to measure and record the brain's electrical activity.
What is an EEG or electroencephalogram.
This theory suggests that the sleep patterns exhibited by different animals, including humans, are the result of evolutionary adaption.
What is the adaptive theory of sleep.
A cooperative social interaction in which the participant responds to suggestions by another person.
What is hypnosis.
What is fentanyl.
A cycle of rhythm that is roughly 24 hours long, the cyclical daily fluctuations in biological and psychological processes.
What is the Circadian Rhythm.
Type of sleep during which Rapid Eye Movements and dreaming usually occur and voluntary muscle activity is suppressed.
What is REM Sleep.
The most common sleep disorder, which causes people to wake up multiple times a night and unable to go back to sleep.
What is insomnia.
Drugs that depress, or inhibit, brain activity.
Give one example!
Depressants. Examples:alcohol, barbiturates, tranquilizers
The initials ____ stand for the long chemical name of the quintessential club drug better known as ____________.
What is MDMA and Ectasty.
Two daily peaks: around 9 am and 9 pm
What are the peak mental alertness times.
Quiet, typically dreamless sleep in which rapid eye movements are absent; divided into 4 stages, also called quiet sleep.
What is NREM sleep.
What is sleep apnea.
Drugs that increase brain activity.
Give one example!
Examples are: caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine
A stimulant drug derived from the coca tree. Extremely addictive.
What is cocaine.
The Internal pacemaker that governs the timing of circadian rhythms, including the sleep-wake cycle and the mental alertness cycle.
What is 55 to 95 minutes.
People with _____________ experience an overwhelming sleepiness, lapsing into brief periods of sleep throughout the day.
What is narcolepsy.
Drugs that create profound perceptual distortions, alter mood, and effect thinking.
Give one example: Mescaline, LSD, Marijuana, MDMA
What are psychedelic drugs.
What is the level blood alcohol level in AK?
What is .08