Vocabulary
A state of awareness, including a person’s feelings, sensations, ideas and perceptions.
Consciousness
a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, a high level of brain activity, a deep relaxation of the muscles, and dreaming.
(Rapid Eye Movement) REM Sleep
A state of consciousness resulting from a narrowed focus of attention and characterized by heightened suggestibility.
Hypnosis
Type of drug where chemicals that affect the nervous system and result in altered consciousness.
Psychoactive drugs
What does REM sleep stand for?
Rapid Eye Movement
Walking or carrying out behaviors while asleep.
Sleep walking
These waves are present when the body begins to relax and starts to prepare itself for sleep.
Alpha waves
Hypnotists can suggest things for their participants to remember or forget when the trance is over. This is known as...
Posthypnotic suggestion
This drug is considered a hallucinogen and users often become psychologically addicted to it.
Marijuana
Psychedelic (“mind-manifesting”) drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input
What is a Hallucinogens?
A condition characterized by suddenly failing asleep or feeling very sleepy during the day.
Narcolepsy
These waves are present when we are in stage 4 sleep which is our deepest level of sleep.
Delta waves
What is the most commonly used stimulant in the USA today?
Caffeine
What is the most commonly used depressant in the USA?
Alcohol
Hormone produced by the pituitary glad to help people fall asleep.
What is melatonin?
A prolonged and usually abnormal inability to obtain adequate sleep—has many causes and takes many forms. It may be caused by anxiety or depression. Overuse of alcohol or drugs can also cause this.
Insomnia
Theory of dreaming that helps us sort out the days events.
What is the information processing theory of dreaming?
theory of hypnosis that says a person may simply be imaginative actors playing a social role while hypnotized
What is the Social Influence Theory?
The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug
What is withdrawal?
Hypnosis theoery where a special state of dissociated (divided) consciousness kind of similar to “doodling” while listening to a teacher
What is the divided consciousness theory?
a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others.
Dream theory that is based on our deepest desires
What is Freuds wish fulfillment theory of dreaming?
Name the three types of meditation.
1. Transcendental meditation
2. Mindfullness meditation
3. Breath meditation
Why do people become addicted to opiates?
Opiates produce analgesia, or pain reduction; euphoria, which is sometimes described as a pleasurable state somewhere between awake and asleep.
illegal synthetic drugs, including methamphetamine and Ecstasy. Because they are made illegally, errors in drug formulas often occur, which can be deadly.
What are considered "designer drugs"