Conciousness
Awareness of your self and your environment
What is conciousness
This theory suggests that our behavior, thoughts and emotions are primarily influenced by our unconscious
What is Psychoanalysis
Drugs that slow down the central nervous system.
What are depressants?
This is the scientific study of behavior and mental processes
What is psychology?
True or False: Psychoactive drugs only affect physical coordination, not mood or perception.
False: they alter mood, thought, perception, and behavior.
The state in which your mind wanders to pleasant thoughts, off topic
What is Drifting Conciousness
A theory of learning that states all behaviors are learned through conditioned interaction with the environment.
What is Behaviorism
A dependence that involves emotional or mental craving.
What is psychological dependence?
He is often called the “father of psychology” and founded the first psychology lab in 1879.
Who is Wilhelm Wundt?
True or False: Polyabusers are individuals who rely on a single type of drug for all effects.
False – they use multiple drugs simultaneously or interchangeably.
Failing to notice something in your visual field because your attention is focused elsewhere
What is inattentional blindness
A theory of consciousness that seeks to analyze the elements of mental experiences, such as sensations, mental images, and feelings, and how these elements combine to form more complex experiences.
What is structuralism
Alcohol belongs to this drug category and is a major cause of death for ages 17–24.
What is an intoxicant (depressant)?
This perspective focuses on free will, self-actualization, and reaching one’s potential.
What is the humanistic perspective?
True or False: Alcohol is classified as a stimulant because it increases activity in the brain.
False – alcohol is a depressant.
Dreams in which the dreamer is aware that they are dreaming
What are Lucid Dreams
A theory about the nature of mental states that poses that mental states are identified by what they do, rather than by what they are made of.
What is Functionalism
These drugs stimulate the brain and increase alertness and energy.
What are stimulants?
This perspective studies how the body and brain enable emotions, memories, and sensory experiences.
What is the biological perspective?
True or False: MDMA, also known as ecstasy, has both stimulant and hallucinogenic properties.
→ True.
This suggests dream's are the brain's attempt to make sense of random neural activity
What is the activation-synthesis hypothesis
This perspective emerged as a reaction to both behaviorism and psychoanalysis, emphasizing human potential, free will, and the innate drive toward personal growth. It views people as inherently good and motivated to reach self-actualization.
→ What is the humanistic perspective?
This hallucinogen alters perception and produces vivid imagery.
What is LSD?
This famous behaviorist studied observable behavior rather than internal thoughts or feelings.
Who is John B. Watson?
True or False: Methadone is sometimes used to help people withdraw from heroin dependence.
→ True.