Levels of Consciousness
Being aware of oneself and environment.
What is consciousness?
A small, cute animal affected by narcolepsy.
Who is Rusty the dog?
Story like images experienced during sleep.
What are dreams?
The most common depressant.
What is alcohol?
What is insomnia?
The level of consciousness some psychologists believe to be where repressed feelings and events go. (controversial)
What is the unconscious level?
Otherwise known as paradoxical sleep.
What is REM sleep?
The stage of sleep dreams are most common in.
What is REM sleep?
The need of more of a substance to achieve the same effect as an original dose of said substance.
What is tolerance?
First woman to get a Ph.D in psychology.
Who is Margaret Floy Washburn?
"What color shirt were you wearing yesterday?" is a question that involves this level of consciousness.
What is the preconscious level?
The most dangerous sleep disorder.
What is narcolepsy?
A famous psychologist that considered dreams an important tool in their therapy.
Who is Sigmund Freud?
These mimic endorphins and kill pain. (highly addictive)
What are opiates?
A form of sampling best done using a computer.
What is random selection?
Level of consciousness that controls heartbeat and breathing.
What is the nonconscious level?
The daily pattern of metabolic and thought processes.
What is circadian rhythm?
The idea that dreams act out our unconscious desires through symbolism.
What is Freudian psychoanalysis dream interpretation?
What are agonists?
Part of the brain that is involved with memory.
What is the hippocampus?
We know this level of consciousness exists due to behavior.
What is the subconscious level?
Brain waves common in the second stage of sleep.
What are sleep spindles?
A theory that interprets dreams as a way of processing daily stress during REM.
What is the information-processing theory?
Tissue layer that protects brain from chemicals in the brain (can be penetrated by psychoactive drugs).
What is the blood-brain barrier?
Theory that we have three types of cones:blue,red, and green.
What is the trichromatic theory?