Consciousness
Consciousness is the awareness of what?
Ourselves and our environment
Our biological clock that roughly synchronizes with a 24-hour cycle of day and night (including sleep)
Circadian Rhythm
Supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis induced by suggestion
Posthypnotic Amnesia
The underlying meaning of a dream, that functions as “safety value”
Latent Content
The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing use of a drug or substance
Withdrawal
A state of active awareness
Conscious
the length of one full sleep cycle
90 minutes
A split in consciousness, allows some behaviors to become simultaneous
Dissociation
Freud's Main dream theory
dreams are the key to understanding our inner conflicts
a hallucinogen that triggers many effects including mild hallucinations, that can linger in the bloodstream for up to a month
Stores info not being currently used
preconscious
The final sleep stage that occurs 1 hour after you fall asleep
REM Sleep
Created the theory of the Hidden Observer
Ernest Hilgard
What stage do dreams occur in?
REM sleep
A synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen that grants an instant sense of euphoria, causing long-term harm to serotonin producing neurons
Ecstasy
Information we are not consciously aware of, but know exist
Subconscious
bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain wave activity
Sleep Spindles
Why is hypnosis sometimes considered a social phenomenon?
The subject may feel pressure to let the hypnosis work only to not ruin the illusion
The remembered story line of a dream
Manifest Content
psychoactive drugs that reduce brain activity and slow cognition
Depressants
In the psychoanalytic perspective, where memories and hidden desires are stored (that are especially traumatic)
Unconsciousness
large, slow waves that occur in deep sleep (hard to awaken)
Delta Waves
The power of suggestion
not scientifically based, too subjective
What are your body's natural pain killers?
Endorphins