A person's awareness of everything that is going on around him or her at any given moment, which is used to organize behavior
What is Consciousness
100
Theory of sleep proposing that sleep is necessary to the physical health of the body and serves to replenish chemicals and repair cellular damage
What is Restorative Theory
100
Bad dreams occuring during REM(rapid eye movement) sleep.
What is Nightmares
100
Drugs that alter thinking, perception, and memory
What is Pyschoactive Drugs
100
State of conciousness in which the person is especially susceptible to suggestion.
What is Hypnosis
200
State in which thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear, organized and the person feels alert.
What is Waking consciousness
200
Sleep was once referred to as "_______"
What is The gentle tyrant
200
Occuring during deep sleep, an episode of moving around or walking around in one's sleep.
What is Sleepwalking(somnambulism)
200
Stimulants that are synthesized in laboratories rather than being found in nature. Such as Benzedrine, Methedrine, and Dexedrine
What is Amphetamines
200
A splitting of consciousness awareness.
What is Dissociation
300
State in which there is a shift in the quality or pattern of mental activity as compared to waking conciousness.
What is Altered state of conciousness
300
Theory of sleep proposing that animals and humans evolved sleep patterns to avoid predators by sleeping when predators are most active
What is Adaptive Theory
300
Relatively rare disorder in which the person experiences extreme fear and screams or runs around during deep sleep without waking fully.
What is Night terrors
300
A natural drug derived from the leaves of the coca plant; It produces feelings of euphoria(a feeling of great happiness) energy, power, and pleasure.
What is Cocaine
300
Inability to recall being hypnotized
What is Posthypnotic Amnesia
400
A circadian Rhythm, lasting 24 hours that is the activity of hypothalamus the hormone melatonin, the most common altered state people experience is the one they spend about a third of their lives in on a nightly basis.
What is Sleep
400
A cycle of bodily rhythm that occurs over a 24-hour period.
What is Circadian rhythm
400
The inability to Sleep.
What is Sleep apnea
400
Drugs that increase the functioning of the nervous system
What is Stimulants
400
Produce amnesia, Reduce pain, alter sensory impressions.
What is Hypnosis Used For
500
The concept "a stream of consciousness" was devoted quite a bit of time by ____
Who is Pyschologist/Functionalist William James
500
7 to 8 hours within each 24 hour period
What is The Average amount of sleep need by most people
500
Sleep disorder in which a person falls immediately into REM sleep during the day without warning.
What is Narcolepsy
500
Drugs that include hallucinogens and marijuana that produce hallucinations or increased feelings of relaxtion and intoxication.
What is Hallucinogenics
500
Theory that assumes that people who are hypnotized are not in an altered state but are merely playing the role expected of them in the situation