Mind your Business
What is an example of an altered state of consciousness?
Sleep/Dreams, Psychoactive drugs, Meditation, Biofeedback, and Hypnosis
A series of images, emotions, or thoughts passing through someone's mind while they sleep is called...
A dream
Making someone deeply relaxed and suggestible to different behavior is called
Hypnosis
a condition in which you have great difficulty falling asleep is called
Insomnia
Caffeine is considered to be what type of drug?
Stimulant
Freud's Levels of Consciousness consist of what 3 categories?
Conscious
Preconscious
Subconscious / Unconscious
What is latent content?
the underlying meaning or message behind a dream
What are 2 effects of meditation?
- lower heart rate
- lower blood pressure
- relaxed feeling
- clear mind
-less stress/anxiety
If you fall asleep at unpredictable and random times, then you are likely to have
Narcolepsy
Withdrawal symptoms happen because of the body's physiological need for a particular drug. This type of need is also called.
Physical dependence
Mental processes that you are unaware of and have no control over, such as your heart rate and blood pressure, are a part of the...
Nonconscious
What do dreams do in terms of helping with information processing within the brain?
Dreams help consolidate and form memories, and help the brain sort out events from that day.
What is biofeedback?
Learning to control different states of the body through the use of machines, monitors, and electrodes.
Describe what Sleep Apnea is. How do you treat Sleep Apnea?
Sleep Apnea is when a person stops breathing while they are asleep. It causes them to wake up, gasp for air, then fall back asleep. It can be fatal in some people. Treatment can include using a CPAP breathing mask, losing weight, using medicine, or getting surgery.
What are 3 types of specific effects that depressants have on the body?
- Make you sleepy/tired
- Slow your heart rate
- Make you feel relaxed, reduce anxiety
- Memory loss, paranoia
-Panic attacks, hallucinations
What is the difference between Sensory Awareness and Direct Inner Awareness?
Sensory Awareness: Aware of your environment
Direct Inner Awareness: Aware of things/feelings inside yourself
Your biological clock that helps with regulation is also called
Circadian Rhythm
Freud used hypnosis to treat these types of disorders
Somatoform (seizures, paralysis, muscle spasms)
What is the actual clinical term for "sleepwalking"
Somnambulism
What is a barbiturate?
A depressant that acts as a tranquilizer in order to help sleep and reduce anxiety
What was Freud's psychodynamic theory related to dreams?
Dreams show unconscious/repressed desires, urges, or fears/problems
Which stage of sleep is the hardest to wake someone up in?
Stage III
What is the Divided Mind Approach?
Hypnosis causes a split between the conscious and unconscious mind in which one is aware and the other is unaware of what is happening
Night terrors are when people wake up screaming. They most commonly affect boys in this age range.
2-8 years old
I will also accept under 10 years old as an answer.
What stimulant causes high levels of emotion initially and later damages serotonin production, leading to depression?
Ecstasy