Consciousness

levels of consciousness and ..

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An awareness of ongoing sensations (both internal and external)

What is consciousness?

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Problem solving uses this level of awareness

What is high awareness?

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Name three suggestions for getting a good night's sleep

What is turn off the TV (radio and phone), turn of the lights, go to bed at the same time each evening, go to bed sober, eat dinner early

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Is daydreaming healthy?

What is it depends on whether you are trying to escape reality or just taking a break from reality?

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Effects produced through hypnosis

What are anesthesia, sensory distortions and hallucinations, disinhibition and posthypnotic suggestions and amnesia?

psychoactive drugs

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when a person is unable to function normally without the drug

What is physical dependence?

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these drugs increase the activity of the nervous system

What are stimulants?

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This is the most commonly used and abused depressant

What is alcohol?

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the stage during which our dreams are most vivid?

What is REM?

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this drug has a mortality rate that is almost 15 times higher in users than nonusers.

What are narcotics?

sleep disorders

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difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep

What is insomnia?

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repeated interruptions in breathing that occur during sleep

What is sleep apnea?

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the person falls immediately into REM sleep during the day without warning 

What is narcolepsy?

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attacks of extreme fear that occur while the person is sound asleep and doesn't remember the next day

What are night terrors?

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unpleasant sensations in the legs

What is a restless leg syndrome?

altered states of consciousness

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The narrowing of consciousness that allows for relaxation

What is meditation?

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A technique that makes people highly suggestible and is often used to manage pain

What is hypnosis?

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Name a neurotransmitter

What is dopamine or serotonin or Acetylcholine or norepinephrine?

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Name two theories of why we dream

What are Sigmund Freud's, Carl Jung's, continuity hypothesis, memory theory, threat simulation theory or activation-synthesis theory

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The condition that is necessary in order for someone to be hypnotized

What is willingness?

sleep&circadian rhythms

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Name two theories of why we sleep

What are adaptive function and cognitive function?

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The  "other" name for melatonin

What is the dracula hormone?

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This is the built-in cycle of physical processes in living beings which exhibits a natural rhythm of sleeping and waking that closely resembles a 24-25 hour cycle

What are circadian rhythms?

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Maintaining the immune system, maintaining the brain's proper functioning, enabling people to recover from stress, improving memory function

What are the purposes of sleep?

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The part of the hypothalamus that controls circadian rhythms

What is the suprachiasmatic nucleus?