Dreams
Dreams are constructed by these.
What are memories?
Persistent difficulty falling or staying asleep, despite having adequate opportunity to do so.
What is Insomnia?
Awareness of ourselves and our environments
What is Consciousness?
Drugs that reduce the activity of the central nervous system (brain)
What are Depressants?
Engaging in complex behaviors while still asleep. This includes walking, talking, eating, or performing other activities without being fully conscious.
What is Sleep Walking?
The joining of two or more ideas/images into one.
What is condensation?
Excessive daytime sleepiness and an irresistible urge to sleep, sometimes even without warning.
What is Narcolepsy?
Subjects act like good hypnotic subjects on purpose
What is Social Influence Theory?
Drugs that increase behavior and mental activity.
What are Stimulants?
1-5 people have this anxiety inducing dream.
What is Teeth Falling Out?
This psychologist believes that dreams provide clues to thoughts the dreamer is too afraid to acknowledge.
Who is Freud?
Episodes of intense fear that occur during sleep, characterized by agitated movements and vocalizations, often including screaming or thrashing.
What are Night Terrors?
A special dual-processing state of split consciousness.
What is Dissociation Theory?
0.08% is the threshold of legal intoxication and 0.4-0.5% is the lethal dose.
What is Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC)?
Pain management, treatment of depression and anxiety, smoking cessation, and weight loss.
What are Therapeutic Hypnosis Applications?
REM sleep is important for the reconstruction and reorganization of the brain (useful for memory and thought)
What is Brain Plasticity?
A temporary state where a person is conscious but unable to move or speak.
What is Sleep Paralysis?
Hypnosis, hallucinations, psychoactive drugs all fall under this category.
What are altered states of consciousness?
Relieves pain and results in euphoria and relaxation.
What are Opiates?
The western version of hypnosis was created at this time.
What is the 18th century?
Part of the brain may be asleep while the others are not.
What is Brainstem Activation?
Pauses in breathing or shallow breathing during sleep, often leading to poor ventilation and sleep disruption.
What is Sleep Apnea?
This psychologist induced participants into a state of hypnosis, and placed their arms into ice water. Participants were told they would not feel pain, but they could press a button if they did; while they reported not feeling pain, they did, in fact, press the button, suggesting a dissociation of consciousness while in the hypnotic state.
Who is Ernest Hilgards?
Fungals, plants, LSD, Angel Dust, ecstasy, peyote, etc.
What are Hallucinogens?
A euphoric stimulant drug that blocks the reuptake of dopamine, making it HIGHLY addictive.
What is Cocaine?