Variations in consciousness

Question 1

What is a circadian rythym?

Answer 1

-are the 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species
-controlled by the SCN and regulated by the presence and absence of light
- enhance the ability of organisms to survive under ever-changing environments by enabling them to efficiently anticipate periodic
availability of food, light, and mates

Question 2

What is an EEG?

Answer 2

Device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain over time by electrodes attached to scalp

Question 3

What are hallucinogens, what sets them apart from other drugs?

Answer 3

Diverse group of drugs that have powerful effects on mental and emotional functioning, marked most prominently by distortions in sensory and perceptual experience
They are the least likely to result in dependence

Question 4

What is hypnosis? What mental state is characteristic of hypnosis?

Answer 4

Procedure that typically results in a heightened state of suggestibility - hypnotic susceptibility isn’t unique to hypnosis: part of a broader trait characterize as imaginative suggestibility

Question 5

Name three hypnotic phenomena?

Answer 5

Anesthesia where under the influence of hypnosis patients can withstand treatments that would normally cause considerable plain
Sensory distortions and hallucinations can experience these
Disinhibition participants may do things they would normally not do or normally consider unacceptable
Posthypnotic suggestions and amnesia suggestions made during hypnosis may influence a subject’s late behaviour