Vocabulary
Our awareness of internal and external stimuli
What is Consciousness?
Brain waves while awake
What is Beta Waves?
Tends to suppress central nervous system activity
What is Depressant?
A stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, a high level of brain activity, a deep relaxation of the muscles, and dreaming
What is REM Sleep?
A state of heightened suggestibility, deep relaxation, and highly focused attention.
What is Hypnosis?
The tendency to maintain a balance, or optimal level, within a biological system
What is Homeostasis?
Brain waves while deep sleep
What is Delta Waves?
Chemicals that affect the nervous system and result in altered consciousness
What is Psychoactive Drugs?
Between awake and asleep
What is Stage 1?
Chemicals that affect mental processes and behavior by their affect on the brain
What is Psychoactive Drugs?
Episodes during which a sleeper’s breathing stops
What is Sleep Apnea?
Between awake and asleep
What is Alpha Waves?
One of a class of drugs that results in profound alterations in sensory and perceptual experiences
What is Hallucinogen?
The actual content, or storyline, of a dream
What is Manifest Content?
The act of focusing on a single target to increase awareness of the moment.
What is Meditation?
State of high levels of sensory awareness, thought, and behavior
What is Wakefulness?
In REM Sleep
What is Beta waves?
Drugs that tend to increase overall levels of neural activity
What is Stimulants?
Refers to the hidden meaning of a dream.
What is Latent Content?
When the brain sees/hears/smells something that is not there
What is Hallucinations?
The brain’s control of switching between sleep and wakefulness as well as coordinating this cycle with the outside world
What is Sleep Regulation?
Stage 1 Waves
What is Alpha and Theta Waves?
Category of drugs that includes heroin, morphine, methadone, and codeine, they reduce pain
What is Opioids?
Certain aspects of wakefulness are maintained during a dream state
What is Lucid Dreams?
A state of consciousness where you detach from your surroundings and focus on internal thoughts and feelings
What is Daydreaming?