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STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
DEVELOPING THROUGH THE LIFE SPAN
CHEMICALLY ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS
NOTES PLEASE
100
What is SQR3? (Name in order)
Survey, Question, Read, Review, Reflect
100
Name the four biological rhythms.
Yearly(annually), 28-day, circadian(24hrs), 90 min
100
The earliest age of conscious memory.
3 1/2 years old
100
What is a craving for a chemical substance despite its adverse consequences. (physical & phychological)
Addiction
100
Predicts when we will detect weak signals.
Signal Detection Theory (SDT)
200
Released by Pituitary Gland; linked to pain and pleasure.
Endorphins
200
A meditating person will exhibit this kind of activity.
Alpha brain activity
200
A single sperm cell penetrates the outer coating of the egg and fuses to form one fertilized egg.
Conception
200
Induces immediate euphoria followed by crash; crack is one form of it.
Cocaine
200
To select, organize & interpret our sensation, is called what?
Perception
300
Has a structure similar enough to the neurotransmitter; an inhibiting molecule.
Antagonist
300
What controls our timing device for our circadian rhythm?
Suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)
300
What stage is conception to week 2?
Zygote Stage
300
Name three Depressants.
Alcohol, Barbiturates, Opiates
300
Name three thresholds.
Absolute, Subliminal, and Difference threshold.
400
Who emphasized current enviormental influences on our growth potential and our need for love and acceptance.
Rogers and Manslow
400
Stage 3&4, in the stages of sleep, lasts how long?
30 min.
400
Standing before walking, babbling before talking are examples of what?
Maturation
400
Name at least three stimulants.
(any three) Caffine, nicotine, cocaine, ecstasy, amphetamines, methamphetamines.
400
What is minimal stimulaiton needed to detect a particular stimulus?
Absolute Threshold
500
What examines assumption, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence and assesses conclusions.
Critical Thinking!
500
During sleep, older people release less of this hormone and sleep less.
Growth Hormone
500
What is the process of adjusting a schema and modifying it?
Accomodation
500
Increase heart rate & breathing rates and other autonomic functions to provide energy.
Caffeine & Nicotine
500
What is the study of how physical energy relates to our psychological experience?
Psychophysics