Sleep
Altered States
Levels of Consciousness
Teachers Choice
100

This stage is the lightest stage of sleep and lasts only a few minutes.

What is Stage 1?


100

The focusing of attention to clear one's mind and produce relaxation. 

What is Meditation?

100

This part of your mind contains thoughts and feelings you are aware of right now.

What is the conscious mind?

100

sleep disorder characterized by problems in falling asleep or staying asleep

Insomnia

200

A full sleep cycle typically lasts this long.

What is 90 minutes?

200

These types of drugs speed up the nervous system and can increase alertness.

What are stimulants?

200

In Freud’s theory, this mind acts like a storage area for accessible information.

What is the preconscious?

200

Heroin and codeine are classified as this type of psychoactive drug. 

What is Opiates?

300

As the night goes on, this stage of sleep gets longer.

What is REM sleep?

300

LSD and marijuana are examples of these drugs that change perception and awareness.

What are hallucinogens?

300

This mind level allows you to make deliberate decisions and solve problems actively.

What is the conscious mind?

300

a compulsive need for and use of a habit forming substance

What is Addiction?

400

During this stage, people often experience this sudden jolt that feels like falling.

What is a hypnic jerk?

400

This technique uses machines to monitor heart rate, breathing, or muscle tension so a person can learn to control them.

What is biofeedback?

400

This level holds thoughts, fears, and desires that are hidden from awareness.

What is the unconscious mind?

400

What is the discomfort and distress that follows discontinuing the use of an addictive drug called?

What is Withdrawal?

500

REM stands for this.

What is Rapid Eye Movement?

500

Drugs like alcohol or sleeping pills that slow down body functions are called this.

What are depressants?

500

This famous psychologist developed the theory of conscious, preconscious, and unconscious mind.

Who is Sigmund Freud?

500

A therapist may use this technique to increase focus and suggestibility in a client.

What is hypnosis?