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Consciousness
Sleep & Dreams
Med.+Bio.+Hypn.
Drugs
Miscellaneous
100
Includes information not currently in consciousness but easily retrievable.
What is preconscious?
100
The inability to sleep.
What is insomnia?
100
An altered state of consciousness in which people respond to suggestions and behave as though they are in a trance.
What is hypnosis?
100
A class of drugs that includes alcohol, heroin, and codeine.
What are depressants?
100
A person who takes a drug for a while and then craves it just to feel normal.
What is addiction?
200
Smelling a freshly baked pie is an example of this.
What is sensory awareness?
200
The stage of lightest sleep.
What is stage 1?
200
An altered state of consciousness used in some religions to relax and/or not feel pain or stresses of the outside world.
What is meditation?
200
The type of drugs that increase the activity of the nervous system.
What stimulants?
200
These "dreams" usually occur in children at night soon after falling asleep.
What are night terrors?
300
At this level of consciousness basic biological functions, such as breathing, occur.
What is nonconscious?
300
The stage of sleep that people dream.
What is REM sleep?
300
Listening to your body to provide relief from tension headaches or being able to control your heart rate.
What is biofeedback?
300
A cleansing of the body from dependency of drugs.
What is detoxification?
300
The type of brain waves that occur during stages 1 & 2 of sleep.
What are alpha waves?
400
These can slow down or speed up the nervous system or produce hallucinations.
How can drugs affect consciousness?
400
A person who falls asleep at any time, and with no warning, may be experiencing this.
What is narcolepsy?
400
This type of altered conscious is not recognized by many people as being effective in curing bad habits.
What is hypnosis?
400
This drug was first used in the American Civil War as a painkiller for soldiers.
What is morphine?
400
What the letters REM stand for.
What is Rapid Eye Movement?
500
Sensory awareness, inner awareness & sense of self.
What are 3 meanings of consciousness?
500
Reset biological clock, resist infections, relieve stress.
What are 3 reasons people need to sleep?
500
A form of meditation that is used by many people as a tool to relax and reduce stress.
What is yoga?
500
Depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens.
What are 3 categories of drugs that affect consciousness?
500
Dreams that reflect a person's unconscious wishes and urges.
What is the Freudian view of dreams?