Which state of consciousness is selective, where we choose to direct our attention and effort to a specific task while filtering out extraneous information?
Focused awareness
100
Stage of sleep associated with dreaming
REM (rapid-eye-movement)
100
What is the theory called that explains that the cerebral cortex tries to integrate experiences generated by random electrical brain impulses to form meaningful patterns?
Activation-synthesis hypothesis.
100
Which type of drugs reduce the activity of the central nervous system.
Depressants
100
Which type of meditation requires the repetition of a sound or mantra to focus ones attention?
Transcendental meditation.
200
Which state of consciousness is difficult to maintain for long periods of time?
Focused awareness
200
Two minutes after Stage 1 sleep; bursts of brain wave activity (Sleep spindles)
Stage 2
200
Which part of the brain is less active when dreaming?
The brain area for logical thought (the neocortex).
200
Which type of narcotic is highly addictive; have pain-relieving and sleep-inducing properties and include morphine, heroin, codeine, Demerol, and Percodan?
Opioids
200
What is the inability to recall what happened during hypnosis called?
Posthypnotic amnesia
300
Which state of consciousness can we perform two different tasks simultaneously? a.k.a. "auto pilot"
Divided consciousness
300
Brain waves small and irregular, varying frequencies. It is very easy to wake up during this stage.
Stage 1
300
Who coined the phrase "the royal road to the unconscious" when studying dreams. He also said that dreams represent unconscious wishes that are usually sexual or aggressive.
Sigmund Freud
300
Which category of synthetic stimulants increase heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, and cause a type of drug specific psychosis?
Amphetamines
300
Which type of meditation requires the person to focus on moment-to-moment thoughts and sensations?
Mindfulness meditation
400
Which state of consciousness is when the mind begins to drift from thought to thought?
Drifting consciousness
400
Deep sleep; 50 percent or fewer of brain wave patterns are delta waves
Stage 3
400
What actually happens in a dream
Manifest content
400
Which type of drug produces vivid hallucinations and other sensory distortions? (mescaline, Psilocybin shrooms, and acid)
Hallucinogens
400
Under hypnosis, a person has a heightened susceptibility to_______.
Suggestion
500
What is a walking state but of dreamy thoughts?
Daydreaming
500
Deep sleep; 50 percent or more of brain wave patterns are delta waves
Stage 4
500
What the dream really means; symbolic meanings
Latent content
500
Which drug is the most widely used illicit drug in the western world?
Marijuana
500
Which type of test shows hypnotic influence by observing the reaction of a person under hypnosis when their hand is placed in ice water?