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1
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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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3
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Are you conscious while asleep?

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Yes

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4
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What type of process is sleep?

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complex

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5
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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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6
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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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7
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Define conscious awareness:

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everything that you are aware of around you.

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8
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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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12
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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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13
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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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14
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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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16
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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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17
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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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18
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The internal clock is____

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suprachiasmatic nucleus

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19
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Where is the suprachiasmatic nucleus located:

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hypothalamus

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20
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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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21
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Define sleep paralysis

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when in REM sleep voluntary muscles are paralyzed

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22
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What does sleep deprivation cause?

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It compromises performance

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23
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Define micro sleeps:

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brief sidesteps into sleep lasting a few seconds.

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24
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Define NREM sleep

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deep sleep

most restful kind of sleep

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25
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How many stages of NREM sleep is there

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4

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26
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define REM:

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active stage of sleep

dreaming time

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27
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Sleep cycles last______

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90 minutes

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28
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What do alpha waves represent in sleep:

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stage of relaxation

light sleep

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29
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What do theta waves represent in sleep:

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indicates early stages of sleep

30
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What do delta waves represent in sleep____

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deepest state of sleep

31
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Sleep walking is more common in_____

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boys

32
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Another name for sleepwalking

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somnambulism

33
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sleepwalking happens more if you are

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fatigued

34
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Define night terror:

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screaming in your sleep

35
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What type of sleep is paradoxical sleep:

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REM SLeep

36
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Define REM Bound

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when you spend more time in REM sleep after missing some the night before

37
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The lack of REM sleep causes

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Hallucinations

38
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Define REM Behavior disorder:

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when sleep paralysis fails and you are able to move in rem sleep. specially in nightmares

39
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Sleep deprivation is caused by:

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insomnia
sleep apnea
narcolepsy

40
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Define insomnia

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inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, r get a good quality of sleep

41
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Define sleep apnea

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when a person stops breathing in their sleep for a period usually lasting 30 sec. happens multiple times in the night. causes snoring

42
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Define narcolepsy

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sleep seizure
causes to slip into rem sleep during day
associated with cataplexy

43
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what does freud say dreams are

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dreams are wish fulfillment

44
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define manifest content

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the dream at face value

45
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Define latent content

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hidden meaning of a dream. everything symbolizes

46
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What is Freud’s theory often called

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Royal Road

47
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Define activation-synthesis hypothesis

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dreams are a biological event.

48
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Define activation-information-mode model

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dreams are a combination of Freud’s theory and the activation synthesis hypothesis

49
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what is hypnosis used to treat

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pain
child birth
minor surgery
breaking behaviors

50
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Who is hypnotizable

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people with high IQs

51
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What are the 4 elements of hypnosis?

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  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
52
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Define psychoactive drugs

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drugs that alter thinking, perception, and memory

53
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Define physical dependence

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when the body becomes unable to function normally without the drug and the person is said to be dependent or addicted

54
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Define tolerance

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where you need more of the drug to get a buzz

sign of addiction

55
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Define Withdrawal

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if you try to get off of drugs and start having the shakes etc.

56
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Define psychological dependence

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belief that the drug is needed to continue a feeling of emotional or psychological wellbeing

57
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Define stimulants

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drugs that increase the functioning of the nervous system

58
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What are some stimulants:

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Cocaine
caffeine
nicotine
amphetamines

59
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Define depressants

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drugs that decrease the functioning of the nervous system

60
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What are some depressants

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Alcohol
barbiturates
benzodiazepines

61
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Define narcotics

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Drugs that suppress the sensation of pain by binding to and stimulation the nervous system’s natural receptors

62
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What are some narcotics:

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Opium
Morphine
Heroin
methadone

63
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Define hallucinogens:

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causes the brain to alter its interpretation of the senses

causes hallucinations

64
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what are psychogenic drugs

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hallucinogens
LSDs
come from a mushroom
one of the most powerful

65
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What does PCP (Angel dust) cause

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anger

cant feel pain

66
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Where is mescaline derived from

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from the peyote cactus buttons

67
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What does psilocybin come from

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from a mushroom the “magic mushroom”

68
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What drug has never been overdosed on

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Marijuana

69
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Which drug is known to cause cancer

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Marijuana

70
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What is hashish

A

a hallucigeon

71
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Define MDMA (Ecstacy or X)

A

designer drug that can have both stimulant and hallucinatory effects
lots of people die from it because dehydration

72
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Define stimulatory hallucigeons

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Drugs that produce a mixture of psychomotor stimulant and hallucinogenic effects

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