Unit 4-variations Of Consciousness

Question 0

Consciousness

Answer 0

The awareness of internal and external stimuli

Question 1

Who discovered REM

Answer 1

Nathaniel Kleitman and Eugene Aserinsky

Question 2

Consciousness includes

Answer 2

Your awareness of external events
Your awareness of your internal sensations
Your awareness of your self as the unique being
Your awareness of your thoughts

Question 3

Consciousness fluctuates continuously

Answer 3

Stream of consciousness

Question 4

Most common used indicator of consciousness

Answer 4

EEG

Question 5

When do delta waves become more prevalent

Answer 5

Deep dreamless sleep

Question 6

When are alpha waves increased

Answer 6

When relaxed and rested

Question 7

When are beta wave increased

Answer 7

Engaged in problem solving

Question 8

What are variations in consciousness shaped by

Answer 8

Rhythm

Question 9

Biological rhythms

Answer 9

Periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning

Question 10

Circadian rhythms

Answer 10

24 hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species

Question 11

What hormone plays a key role in biological clocks

Answer 11

Melatonin

Question 12

Where is the central pacemaker located

Answer 12

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Question 13

Which directions is it easier to fly in terms of jet lag

Answer 13

West

Question 14

Electrooculograph

Answer 14

Eye movements

Question 15

Electromyograph

Answer 15

Muscular activity

Question 16

How many stages of sleep are there

Answer 16

5

Question 17

How long is the average time to fall asleep

Answer 17

25 minutes

Question 18

Hypnic jerks

Answer 18

Muscular contractions that occur when people begin to fall asleep

Question 19

What happens during stage 2 of sleep

Answer 19

Sleep spindles

Question 20

Sleep spindles

Answer 20

Brief bursts of higher-frequency brain waves

Question 21

Slow wave sleep

Answer 21

Stage three and four

High amplitude, low frequency delta waves become prominent

Question 22

Fifth stage

Answer 22

REM

Question 23

REM sleep is identified by

Answer 23

Irregular breathing and pulse rate

Muscle tone is relaxed

Question 24

When is dreaming most vivid and frequent

Answer 24

REM

Question 25

Non REM

Answer 25

Stages 1 through 4

Question 26

How many times do people repeat cycles

Answer 26

Four times

Question 27

How much time of sleep is spent in slow wave

Answer 27

15-20 %

Question 28

How much time is spent in REM sleep

Answer 28

20-25%

Question 29

How long do newborns usually sleep

Answer 29

16 hours

Question 30

How much of newborns sleep consists of REM

Answer 30

50%

Question 31

With age, what happens with the stages of sleep?

Answer 31

Stage 1 increases | Slow wave declines

Question 32

Ascending reticular activity system

Answer 32

Afferent nerve fibers running through the reticular formation that influence physiological arousal

Question 33

What hormones play roles in sleep

Answer 33

Serotonin and GABA

Question 34

Partial sleep deprivation

Answer 34

Less sleep than normal over a period of time

Question 35

Insomnia

Answer 35

Chronic problems in getting adequate sleep

Question 36

Sleep apnea

Answer 36

Frequent reflexive gasping for air that awakens a person and disrupts sleep

Question 37

Nightmares

Answer 37

Anxiety-arousing dreams that lead to awakening, usually from REM sleep

Question 38

Night terrors

Answer 38

Abrupt awakenings from NREM sleep accompanied by intense autonomic arousal and feelings of panic

Question 39

Narcolepsy

Answer 39

Disease marked by sudden and irresistible insets of sleep during normal waking periods

Question 40

Somnambulism

Answer 40

Sleepwalking

Question 41

Hypnosis

Answer 41

Systematic procedure that typically produces a heightened state of suggestibility

Question 42

Hypnotism

Answer 42

Greek word for sleep

Question 43

Analgesia

Answer 43

Withstanding pain

Question 44

Forms of hypnotic phenomena

Answer 44

Analgesia Sensory distortion Disinhibition effort Post hypnotic suggestions

Question 45

Theories of hypnosis

Answer 45

Role playing Altered state of consciousness Divided consciousness

Question 46

Dissociation

Answer 46

Splitting off of mental processes into two separate, simultaneous streams of awareness

Question 47

Meditations

Answer 47

Train attention to heighten awareness and bring mental processes under greater voluntary control

Question 48

Psychoactive drug

Answer 48

Chemical substance that modify mental, emotional, and behavioral functioning

Question 49

3 main categories of drugs

Answer 49

Stimulants Depressants Hallucinogens

Question 50

Mesolithic dopamine pathway

Answer 50

Reward pathway that gets eventually increased activity from drug abuse

Question 51

Narcotics

Answer 51

Heroin morphine OxyContin

Question 52

Sedatives

Answer 52

Tranquilizers barbiturates decrease CNS

Question 53

Stimulants

Answer 53

Increase CNS | Cocaine nicotine caffiene

Question 54

Hallucinogens

Answer 54

Lsd cannibis

Question 55

Freudian theory of dreaming

Answer 55

Wish fulfillment | Unconscious urge

Question 56

Manifest content

Answer 56

Plot of dream

Question 57

Latent content

Answer 57

Hidden meaning

Question 58

Activation synthesis model

Answer 58

Dreams are side effects of the neural activity occuring during REM sleep

Question 59

Cognitive problem solving

Answer 59

Work through every day problems