consciousness
the awareness of the sensations, thoughts, and feelings we experience at a given moment. Consciousness is our subjective understanding of both the environment around us and our private internal world, unobservable to outsiders.
what is Consciousness
this sleep stage is characterized by relatively rapid, low-amplitude brain waves. As sleep becomes deeper
more common in women and older adults
a trance like state that heightens our susceptibility to suggestion is known as
Hypothesis
which drugs stimulate the central nervous system—bring about a sense of energy and alertness, talkativeness, heightened confidence, and a mood “high.” They increase concentration and reduce fatigue. Amphetamines also cause a loss of appetite, increased anxiety, and irritability.
amphetamines, methamphetamines'
Sigmund Freud viewed dreams as a guide to the unconscious, this theory is called
Unconscious wish fulfillment
This is when you brain moves through the stages in cycles lasting about 90 min.
REM Sleep
OOPs I fell asleep while driving in the middle of the day I may struggle with ?
Narcolepsy
a learned technique for refocusing attention that brings about an altered state of consciousness. Meditation typically consists of the repetition of a mantra—a sound, word, or syllable—over and over.
Meditation
What are the euphoric effects of Cocaine
When used in relatively small quantities, cocaine produces feelings of profound psychological well-being, increased confidence, and alertness
This theory is based in the evolutionary perspective, dreams permit us to reconsider and reprocess during sleep information that is critical for our daily survival.
The dreams for survival theory
What does REM stand for
Rapid eye Movement
Help I Can't breathe and I can't wake up! I may need to be tested for?
sleep Apnea
Name three things hypnosis can be effective in treating
pain management, smoking, athletic training, law enforcement, and treatment of some psychological disorders.
Side effects of cocaine
The brain may become permanently rewired, triggering a psychological and biological addiction in which users grow obsessed with obtaining the drug. Over time, users deteriorate mentally and physically
This theory focuses on the random electrical energy that the brain produces during REM sleep, possibly as a result of changes in the production of particular neurotransmitters
activation-synthesis theory
This stage makes up about 1/2 of our total sleep cycle in our 20's and is characterized by more stable and more regular brain wave pattern
stage 2 of sleep
Between the ages of 3 and 8, I may wake up in a panic, be scared or scream out during sleep I am not having a nightmare so what is it?????
Night terrors
A psychiatrist who pioneered the art of indirect suggestion in hypnosis. His methods bypassed the conscious mind through the use of both verbal and nonverbal pacing techniques, including metaphor, confusion, and paradox.
Milton Erickson
Name three drugs classified as a depressant
alcohol, benzodiazepines, barbiturate's and opiates.
several areas of the brain that are associated with complex problem solving become activated during, this is known as
Day dreaming
why is a day made up of 24 hours?
Circadian rhythms (from the Latin circa diem, or “about a day”) are biological processes that occur regularly on approximately a 24-hr cycle. Sleeping and waking, for instance, occur naturally to the beat of an internal pacemaker that works on a cycle of about 24 hr.
what two behaviors occur only in the stage 3 of the sleep cycle and scientist know little about but the behaviors are pretty harmless
sleep talking and sleep walking
neodissociation theory is ?
, hypnotic suggestions cause dissociation between the executive and monitoring functions of consciousness that were otherwise integrated.
I.E a disruption from our thinking self, to the unconscious self, where thought change can occur
BONUS POINTSSS
Please make your wajor
What great founder of psychology was addicted to Cocaine
Sigmund Freud