States of consciousness

Question 1

our awareness of ourselves and our environment

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Consciousness

Question 2

Something that is not in our conscious but can be easily pulled into consciousness, such as memories

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Preconscious

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According to Freud, its a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories, according to temporary psychologists it is information processing of which we are unaware

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Unconscious

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Things happening in your body of which you are not aware, such as hormone secretion

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Nonconscious

Question 5

The periodic physiological fluctuations our bodies go through

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Biological Rhythms

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Cycles that occur in our bodies on a yearly basis, such as seasonal depression or birds flying south for the winter and bears hibernating

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Annual cycles

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The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle, such as body temperature or wakefulness

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Circadian Rhythm

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A pair of grain of rice sized cell clusters in the hypothalamus that helps in waking up a person when it is activated by the light sensitive retinal proteins. It works with the pineal gland

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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)

Question 9

A sleep including hormone. The SCN causes the brains pineal gland to decrease its production of melatonin in the morning or to increase it in the evening

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Melatonin

Question 10

A neurotransmitter that causes drowsiness and the slowing of nerve cells. Caffeine is an antagonist that blocks the transmission of this to keep us awake

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Adenosine

Question 11

A periodic natural loss of consciousness. Throughout the night, the body experiences many sleep cycles, each one lasting around 90 minutes

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Sleep

Question 12

Waves of someone who is wide awake

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Beta waves

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The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed awake state

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Alpha waves

Question 14

clase sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus

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Hallucinations

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The larger, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

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Delta waves

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Tepid eye movement sleep; a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep because the muscles are relaxed but other body systems are active

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REM sleep

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Non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep states except for REM sleep

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NREM sleep

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The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep)

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REM rebound

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A sleep disorder in which a person has recurring problems in falling or staying asleep

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Insomnia

Question 20

A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. These attacks are usually caused by excitement. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep often at inopportune times

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narcolepsy

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A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings

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Sleep apnea

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A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, these occur during stage 4 sleep, within two or three hours of failing asleep, and are seldom remembered

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Night Terrors

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A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping persons mind during REM sleep

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Dreams

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A dream in which one is aware that one is dreaming

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Lucid dreams

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The remembered story line of a dream

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Manifest content

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The underlying meaning of a dream

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Latent content

Question 27

A split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others

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Dissociation

Question 28

A chemical substance that alters a perceptions and moods

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Psychoactive drugs

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The diminishing effect of a drug after repeated use that requires the user to take larger and larger doeses before experiencing the drugs effect

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Tolerance

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The discomfort and distress that follow the discontinued use of a drug

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Withdrawal

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A physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is no longer taken

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Physical dependence

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A psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions

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Psychological dependence

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Compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences

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Addiction

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Drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions

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Depressants

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A major tranquilizer that depresses the activity of the CNS, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement

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Barbiturates

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A minor/mild depressant that lowers anxiety and reduces stress

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Benzodiazepines

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Opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety

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Opiates

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Drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, and ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions

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Stimulants

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Drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded-up body functions and and associated energy and mood changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels

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Methamphetamine

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Psychedelic drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input

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Hallucinogens

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A powerful hallucinogenic drug’ also known as acid

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LSD

Question 42

A synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen that produces euphoria and social intimacy, but with short-term health risks and longer term harm to serotonin producing neurons and to mood and cognition

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Ecstasy

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The major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations

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THC

Question 44

An altered stature of consciousness reported after a close brush with death; often similar to drug induced hallucinations

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Near death experience