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define consciousness:

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awareness of everything that is goin around you and inside your head that help you organize your behavior

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Define Waking Consciousness

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When you are aware without interference

ex. of interference: drugged, drunk, hypnotized

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Are you conscious while asleep?

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Yes

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What type of process is sleep?

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complex

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define altered state of consciousness:

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when there is a shift in quality or pattern of your mental activity

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How many levels of consciousness is there?

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4

all are present at the same time

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Define conscious awareness:

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everything that you are aware of around you.

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What state are you in consciousness when you are focused on something?

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conscious awareness

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9
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Define preconscious:

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anything that is stored in explicit memory

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Define explicit memory:

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how you understand language and all kinds of other stuff

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Define subconscious:

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things happening to your senses that are not important enough to be brought to your attention

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What causes you to react to something not knowing what you are reacting to?

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SUBCONSCIOUS

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Define unconscious:

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Cant get to on purpose
unavailable to your conscious
ex. is potty training

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Why do we sleep?

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Fix memory and nerves in REM

Fix physically in NREM

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15
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Define restorative theory.

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sleep is necessary to the physical health of the body

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Define Adaptive Theory:

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sleep is a product of evolution

ex. we sleep at night to avoid going about when we cant see

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Define circadian rhythm:

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Circa means about
Diem means day
is a cycle that takes about a day to finish

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The internal clock is____

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suprachiasmatic nucleus

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Where is the suprachiasmatic nucleus located:

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hypothalamus

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How is the pons involved in sleep?

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mostly involved in the REM stage

signals thalamus, cerebrum, and motor neurons in spinal cord which causes dreams

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Define sleep paralysis

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when in REM sleep voluntary muscles are paralyzed

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What does sleep deprivation cause?

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It compromises performance

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Define micro sleeps:

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brief sidesteps into sleep lasting a few seconds.

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Define NREM sleep

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deep sleep

most restful kind of sleep

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How many stages of NREM sleep is there
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define REM:
active stage of sleep | dreaming time
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Sleep cycles last______
90 minutes
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What do alpha waves represent in sleep:
stage of relaxation | light sleep
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What do theta waves represent in sleep:
indicates early stages of sleep
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What do delta waves represent in sleep____
deepest state of sleep
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Sleep walking is more common in_____
boys
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Another name for sleepwalking
somnambulism
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sleepwalking happens more if you are
fatigued
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Define night terror:
screaming in your sleep
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What type of sleep is paradoxical sleep:
REM SLeep
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Define REM Bound
when you spend more time in REM sleep after missing some the night before
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The lack of REM sleep causes
Hallucinations
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Define REM Behavior disorder:
when sleep paralysis fails and you are able to move in rem sleep. specially in nightmares
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Sleep deprivation is caused by:
insomnia sleep apnea narcolepsy
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Define insomnia
inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, r get a good quality of sleep
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Define sleep apnea
when a person stops breathing in their sleep for a period usually lasting 30 sec. happens multiple times in the night. causes snoring
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Define narcolepsy
sleep seizure causes to slip into rem sleep during day associated with cataplexy
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what does freud say dreams are
dreams are wish fulfillment
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define manifest content
the dream at face value
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Define latent content
hidden meaning of a dream. everything symbolizes
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What is Freud's theory often called
Royal Road
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Define activation-synthesis hypothesis
dreams are a biological event.
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Define activation-information-mode model
dreams are a combination of Freud's theory and the activation synthesis hypothesis
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what is hypnosis used to treat
pain child birth minor surgery breaking behaviors
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Who is hypnotizable
people with high IQs
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What are the 4 elements of hypnosis?
1. Hypnotist tells the person to focus on what is being said 2. Person is told to relax and feel tired. 3. Hypnotist tells the person to "let go" and accept suggestions easily. 4. The person is told to use vivid imagination
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Define psychoactive drugs
drugs that alter thinking, perception, and memory
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Define physical dependence
when the body becomes unable to function normally without the drug and the person is said to be dependent or addicted
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Define tolerance
where you need more of the drug to get a buzz | sign of addiction
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Define Withdrawal
if you try to get off of drugs and start having the shakes etc.
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Define psychological dependence
belief that the drug is needed to continue a feeling of emotional or psychological wellbeing
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Define stimulants
drugs that increase the functioning of the nervous system
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What are some stimulants:
Cocaine caffeine nicotine amphetamines
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Define depressants
drugs that decrease the functioning of the nervous system
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What are some depressants
Alcohol barbiturates benzodiazepines
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Define narcotics
Drugs that suppress the sensation of pain by binding to and stimulation the nervous system's natural receptors
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What are some narcotics:
Opium Morphine Heroin methadone
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Define hallucinogens:
causes the brain to alter its interpretation of the senses | causes hallucinations
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what are psychogenic drugs
hallucinogens LSDs come from a mushroom one of the most powerful
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What does PCP (Angel dust) cause
anger | cant feel pain
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Where is mescaline derived from
from the peyote cactus buttons
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What does psilocybin come from
from a mushroom the "magic mushroom"
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What drug has never been overdosed on
Marijuana
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Which drug is known to cause cancer
Marijuana
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What is hashish
a hallucigeon
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Define MDMA (Ecstacy or X)
designer drug that can have both stimulant and hallucinatory effects lots of people die from it because dehydration
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Define stimulatory hallucigeons
Drugs that produce a mixture of psychomotor stimulant and hallucinogenic effects

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