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Ch 4: States of Consciousness Flashcards

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describes our awareness of internal and external stimuli

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consciousness

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pain, hunger, thirst, sleepiness, awareness of thoughts

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internal stimuli

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sight, feeling, hearing

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external stimuli

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internal rhythms of biological activity

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biological rhythms

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bio rhythm that takes place over a period of about 24 hours

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circadian rhythm

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main center of homeostasis

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hypothalamus

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brain’s clock mechanism is located in an area of the hypothalamus

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suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

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difference in circadian patterns of activity

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chronotype

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consistent difficulty in falling or staying asleep for at least 3 nights a week over a month

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insomnia

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not getting sufficient sleep on a chronic basis

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sleep debt

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study that combines the results of many related studies

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meta-analysis

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sleep-deprived individual will fall asleep more quickly during subsequent opportunities for sleep

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sleep rebound

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part of brain that is more important for regulating REM sleep

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pons

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hormones that are associated with sleep

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melatonin, follicle stimulating hormone (FSH), lutenizing hormone (LH) and growth hormone

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discipline that studies the universal patterns of behavior and cognitive processes have evolved over time as a result of natural selection

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evolutionary psych

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2 general stages of sleep

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REM and NREM

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4 stages of NREM sleep

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Stage 1-3 + REM sleep

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what kind of brain waves are associated with stage 1 sleep

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mostly alpha waves and towards of stage 1 is theta waves

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type of brain wave in which it is low frequency, high amplitude

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alpha waves

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type of brain wave in which they are lower frequency and higher amplitude

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theta waves

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transitional sleep phase that occurs between wakefulness and sleep, slowing of RR and HR, # of overall muscle tension, and core body temp.

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Stage 1

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sleep phase is which you are in a state of deep relaxation, theta waves are dominant with interruptions of sleep spindles and also have the appearance of K-complexes

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Stage 2

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rapid burst of 4 frequency brain waves that may be important for learning and memory

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sleep spindles

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very high amplitude pattern of brain activity that may in some cases occur in response to environmental stimuli

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K-complex

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stage of sleep in which you are in a deep sleep or slow-wave sleep, HR and RR is slow, and the individual is more difficult to arouse when they are in this stage of sleep

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Stage 3

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what kind of brain waves are associated with Stage 3 of sleep

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low frequency delta waves

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what kind of brain waves are associated with Stage 2 of sleep

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theta waves

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stage of sleep in which dreaming occurs, paralysis of muscle systems w/ the exception of circulation and respiration

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REM sleep

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person who believed dreams were a link to our unconscious

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Freud

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actual content, storyline of a dream

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manifest content

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hidden meaning of a dream

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latent content

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person who believed dreams allowed us to connect into the collective unconscious

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Carl Jung

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theoretical repository of info believed to be shared by everyone

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collective unconscious

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person who believed dreams simply reflect life events that are important to the dreamer

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Cartwright

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person credited for developing activation-synthesis theory of dreaming

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Alan Hobson

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dreams in which certain aspects of wakefulness are maintained during a dream state

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lucid dreams

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one of a group of sleep disorders in which unwanted, disruptive motor activity and/or experiences during sleep play a role

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parasomnias

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examples of parasomnias

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sleepwalking, restless leg syndrome, night terrors

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when the muscle paralysis associated w/ the REM sleep phase does NOT occur; associated w/ several degenerative diseases aka Parkinson’s disease

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REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)

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type of sleep apnea in which individuals airway becomes blocked during sleep and air is prevented from entering the lungs

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obstructive sleep apnea

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type of sleep apnea where there are disruptions in signals sent from the brain that regulate breathing cause periods of interrupted breathing

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central sleep apnea

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[cocaine, amphetamines, metamphetamines] fall into which type of drug

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stimulants

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effects of stimulants on the body

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increased HR, BP and body temp.

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s/sx body shows when stimulant is taken

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increased alertness, mild euphoria, (agitation, paranoia, hallucinations)

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[alcohol, barbituates, benzodiazepines] fall into which type of drug

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selective-hypnotics aka depressants

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effect of depressants on the body

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decreased HR and BP

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s/sx of body when depressants are taken

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relaxation (sleep, memory loss, decreased respiratory function)

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[opium, heroin, fentanyl, morphine, oxycodone, methadone] fall into which drug category

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opiates

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effects of opiates on the body

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decreased pain, pupil dilatation,, decreased gut molality, decreased respiratory function

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s/sx body shows when opiates are taken

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pain relief, euphoria, sleepiness (death d/t respiratory depression)

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[marijuana, LSD, DMT, ketamine, PCP] fall into what type of drug category

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hallucinogens

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effects of hallucinogens on the body

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increased HR and BP

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s/sx body shows when hallucinogens are taken

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mild-intense perceptual changes; strain, method of ingestion

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type of drug that suppresses CNS activity

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depressants

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type of drug that serves as agonists to GABA activity

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depressants

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type of drug that increases overall levels of neural activity

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stimulants

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type of drug that act as agonists to dopamine

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stimulants

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type of stimulant that antagonizes adenosine activity

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caffeine

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type of stimulant that interacts with ACH receptors

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nicotine

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naturally occuring opioids found from poppy plant

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opiates

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synthetic opioid that is less euphorigenic than heroine and similar drugs

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methadone

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opioid w relatively low potency

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codeine

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types of hallucinogens that are serotonin agonists

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mescaline and LSD

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type of hallucinogens that are antagonists of the NMDA glutamate receptor

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PCP and ketamine

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