Don't Do Drugs
Speeds up body processes, including autonomic nervous system functions such as heart and respiration rate.
What is a Stimulant?
Brain waves slow down and our level of awareness lessens; researched by using an EEG.
What are Sleep Cycles?
An altered state of consciousness in which a person is highly suggestible; some people are more _____ than others.
What is Hypnosis?
Instead of acting like the neurotransmitter, they prevent natural neurotransmitters from using the receptor site.
What are Antagonists?
The most common sleep disorder; _____ have persistent problems getting to sleep or staying asleep at night.
What is Insomnia?
Slows down body processes, including our reactions and judgment, by slowing down central nervous system processes.
What are Depressants?
_____ may suddenly fall into REM sleep regardless of what they are doing at the time. Occurs in less than 0.001 percent of the population.
What is Narcolepsy?
A difficult research area for psychologists because they rely almost entirely on self-report; story-like images.
What are Dreams?
The brain will produce less of a specific neurotransmitter if it is being artificially supplied by a psychoactive drug, making a need for more of the same drug in order to achieve the same effect.
What is Tolerance?
Our level of awareness about ourselves and our environment; sleep is an example of this.
Chemicals that change the chemistry of the brain (and the rest of the body) and induce an altered state of consciousness. The brain will produce less of a specific neurotransmitter if it is being artificially supplied by a ______.
What are Psychoactive Drugs?
Sometimes called paradoxical since our brain waves appear as active and intense as they do when we are awake. Dreams usually occur in this and sleep deprivation interferes with memory.
What is REM Sleep?
_____ states that hypnosis meets some parts of the definition for an altered state of consciousness; hypnotists seem to be able to suggest that we become more or less aware of our environments.
What is State Theory of Hypnosis?
The physiological need for a drug; can be psychological, physical, or both.
What is Dependence?
_____ states that dreams were wish fulfilling, meaning that we act out our unconscious desires in our dreams.
What is Freudian Dream Interpretation?
Causes changes in perceptions of reality, loss of identity, and vivid fantasies; may remain in the body for weeks causing potentially dangerous effects if ingested again within the time period.
What are Hallucinogens (also called Psychedelics)?
_____ causes a person to stop breathing for short periods of time during the night, robbing them of deep sleep, causing tiredness and possible interference with attention and memory.
What is Sleep Apnea?
_____ states that hypnosis is not an alternate state of consciousness at all, but that some people have a high hypnotic suggestibility.
What is Role Theory of Hypnosis?
*Note: People who tend to have richer fantasy lives, follow directions well, and are able to focus intensely on a single task for a long period of time most likely have high hypnotic suggestibility.*
Symptoms of this include, but are not limited to: headaches, dizziness, difficulty breathing, tightening of the chest, racing heart, palpitations, vomiting, diarrhea, tremors, shakes, and sweating.
What are Withdrawals?
Theory that proposes dreams are nothing more than the brain's interpretations of what is happening physiologically during REM sleep.
What is Activation-Synthesis Dream Theory?
Rapidly changes brain chemistry and creates tolerance and withdrawal symptoms; causes drowsiness and a euphoria associated with elevated endorphin levels.
What are Opiates?
After a period of time in deep stage 3 and 4 sleep, our brain waves start to speed up, and we go back through stages 3 and 2. As we reach stage 1, our brain produces a period of intense activity called REM sleep.
What are Sleep Stages?
DAILY DOUBLE!
Theory based on research by Ernest Hilgard.
DAILY DOUBLE QUESTION:
This theory suggests that...?
What is Dissociation Theory of Hypnosis?
DAILY DOUBLE ANSWER: Suggests that hypnosis causes us to divide our consciousness voluntarily. One level of our consciousness responds to the suggestions of the hypnotist; another level retains awareness of reality.
Fits in the receptor sites on a neuron that normally receives the neurotransmitter; functions as that neurotransmitter normally would.
What are Agonists?
This theory states that stress during the day will increase the number and intensity of dreams during the night.
What is Information-Processing Dream Theory?