Fundamentals of Consciousness
Consciousness means
Awareness
This is the lightest stage of sleep
Stage 1
This sleeping problem is simply the inability to sleep.
Insomnia
This man came to the conclusion that many of the images in our dreams do not have a connection to out life, but rather the collective images of all mankind stored in our racial conscious.
Jung
This is when someone uses drugs or other substances for a while, so their body craves it just to feel normal
Addiction
Sensory Awareness, Direct Inner Awareness, and Sense of Self
Deep sleep refers to
Our waves have higher amplitude and lower frequency. (It gets harder for us to wake up)
This is a breathing interruption that occurs during sleep
Sleep apnea
Name two dreams that we all have
The fear of falling, finding yourself naked in public, running for your life, taking flight, and on stage being unprepared.
This type of drug that can cause impairments in coordination, perception, memory, learning, and could cause anxiety, confusion, and hallucinations.
Hallucinogens
These kind of ideas are not in your awareness right now
Preconscious
REM stands for
Rapid Eye Movement
This is a rare sleep problem that can cause people to suddenly fall asleep no matter where they are
Narcolepsy
This person theorized that dreams reflected a person's unconscious wishes and urges
Sigmund Freud
These speed up the heart and breathing rate
Stimulants
Information stored on this level is unavailable to awareness under most circumstances
Unconscious
Deep sleep begins with this stage
Stage 3
What are two of the three ways our alternate consciousness can be achieved
Mediation, Hypnosis, and Bio Feedback
This happened to Randy Gardner when he went almost 11 days without sleep
He became irritable, could not focus his eyes, speech difficulties, and memory lapses.
Narcotics and Alcohol are both example of
Depressants
Many of our basic biological functions exist on this level
Nonconscious
If someone sleeps for 8 hours how often will they go through all of the stages of sleep
five times
According to Freud, hypnotized people permit themselves to this
Childish ways of behaving (They let themselves put fantasy and impulse before fact and logic)
What three psychological functions does sleep provide
Recover from stress, Resolve from problems, and Reorder the mind
What are four possible treatments for drug abuse
Detoxification, Maintenance programs, counseling, and support groups