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Consciousness

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An awareness of ourselves in our environment not all forms of awareness are the same

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Dual processing

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To track mind somethings are conscious and summer automatic

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Selective attention

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The spotlight of our awareness

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Altered state of consciousness

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anything that alters normal perceptual experience a shift in the quality or pattern of mental activity

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Mindfulness meditation

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Mental practice of focusing your mind on your experiences like your emotions that and sensations in the present moment

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Altered state sleep

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One of the human body’s biological rhythms sleep as a unique state of consciousness it lacks following us but the brain is still active

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Circadian rhythm

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bio rhythms that fluctuate on a daily basis based on the light cycle

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The wake sleep cycle

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retnal light detection by the hypothalamus Secrete melatonin from the pineal gland

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eeg

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Record the electrical activity that sweeps across the brain it picks up brain waves via electrodes that are placed on the scalp

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Non-rem stage one

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transition. Between wakefulness and sleep drifting in and out of sleep

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hypagogic state 

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Dream like Sensations still hearing and incorporation thought information sometimes the sensation of falling transitions to stage two

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Non-rum stage two

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body temple drop heart rate slows breathing more shallow and irregular 

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Sleep spindles

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Random burst of brain activity trigger deep in the brain stem

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Non-ram stage III and four

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Slow wave sleep delta waves begin to appear more often this is the most restorative stage of sleep pineal gland release his growth hormone

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REM sleep

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paradox of sleep

Increased breathing and heart rate and brain activation except for motor cortex which is blocked this is dreams sleep

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Ram paralysis

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Lingering effects of RAM motor cortex block your body is paralyzed that you do not act out your dreams when these features occur during wakefulness you will have an experience of sleep paralysis

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beta waves

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Awake

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Alpha waves

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Light sleep

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theta waves

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Early sleep

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Delta waves

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Deep sleep

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Sleep deprivation

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Because anytime one gets less sleep than I need can range from a cute sleep lost a chronic deprivation

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Ram rebound

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lengthening and increasing frequency of run sleep which occurs after sleep deprivation

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Micro sleep

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I bleeding under control brief episode of sleep which last anywhere from a fraction of a second to 10 seconds

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Circadian rhythm distrubtion

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Out of sync sleep wake cycle

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Insomnia
Inability to get to sleep and stay asleep or get good quality sleep
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Sleep apnea
Chronic medical condition where the affected person stops breathing during sleep
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Narcolepsy
Sleep disorder where a person falls into REM sleep without warning
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Sleepwalking
Movement of walking that occurs in sleep like state
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Nightmares
Bedrooms occurring during REM sleep
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Night terrors
Relatively rare disorder where one experience is extreme fear and screams
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Dreams
Including any images thoughts emotions experienced during sleep everyone dreams
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Psychoactive drug
A chemical that changes our state of consciousness
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Agonist
Drug that binds to receptors in the brain and activates receptors
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Antagonist
Jugs that black receptor sites they block natural agonist
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Blood brain barrier
Serve as a filter controlling which molecules can pass from blood brain all psychoactive drugs a fat soluble and can cross the blood brain barrier
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Tolerance
body gets used to a medication meaning more medicine to achieve desired effect 
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Physical dependence
Withdrawal symptoms and unpleasant and dangerous reactions when people stop taking a regular drug
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 Psychological dependence
Cognitive and emotional aspects of addictive behavior
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Addiction
compulsive uncontrollable craving for a drug it continues to use the drug despite negative side effects lack of impulse control frontal lobe inhibitor not working
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Depressants
slow activity of central nervous system they reduce inhibitions interfere with judgment motor activity and concentration
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Alcohol
Bands to neurotransmitter GABA to relax depresses area brain that controls judgment and inhibition
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Sedated or hypnotic drugs
Uses in low doses to reduce anxiety and in high doses to help people sleep
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opioids 
Depresses CNS they attach to Brian receptors that receive endorphins for pain relief and emotional control
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Barbiturates
Addictive drug that reduces anxiety and help sleep in low-dose is it reduces level of excitement by attaching to GABA
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benzodiazepines
most common group for anxiety bind to receptors of GABA
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Caffeine
Most widely consumed releases dopamine serotonin and norepinephrine raises a persons arousal and motor activity
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Amphetamines
Manufactured in a lab releases happy drugs
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Methamphetamine
Illegal substance it’s a super stimulant create euphoria
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Cocaine
Most powerful natural stimulant makes people excited have energy talkative and euphoric
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Hallucinogens
Causes powerful changes in sensory perception strengthening perceptions making hallucinations
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LSD
Acid, binds to neurons that normally receive Nuerotransmitters seretonin changing the activity
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Cannabis
Mix of hallucinogenic depression and stimulant
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Biological influences
Studies on genetic predisposition in specific bio chemical processes have supported suspicions
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Psycho dynamic veiws
certain people respond to their early deprivations by developing a substance-abuse personality
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Socio-cultural influences
people are most likely to develop some substance use disorders when they live under stressful Socio economic conditions
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Behavioral views
operant conditioning may play a key role in substance use disorders temporary reduction of tensions raising of spirits produced by drug has rewarding effect increasing the likelihood that user will use again
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Cognitive veiws
Theorist agree that rewards eventually produce expectancy that substances will be rewarding motivate people to continue to use

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