Chapter 5 Flashcards
Insomnia
Difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep
Sleep apnea
Person stops breathing for brief periods while asleep
Somnambulism (sleep walking)
Occurs when person arises and walks around during sleep
Narcolepsy
Sudden sleep attacks during waking activities
Sleep paralysis
Experience of waking up while body is paralyzed
Dream consciousness
5 major characteristics that distinguish dreaming from waking consciousness. Intense emotion, illogical thought, meaningful sensation, uncritical acceptance, difficulty remembering dream on waking
What happens when you’re sleeping?
Prefrontal cortex with decision making falls asleep/shuts down. So you can be very suggestible
Psychoactive drugs
Chemicals that influence conscious behavior by altering brains chemical message system: agonists and antagonists
Drug tolerance
Tendency for larger doses of a drug to be required over time to achieve the same affect
Drug withdrawal symptoms
Include physical dependence and psychological dependence
Drug addiction
Different definitions
Categories of drugs
Depressants, stimulants, narcotics, hallucinogens, marijuana
Depressants
Antagonist- decrease activity of the CNS
Expectation theory
Idea that alcohol effects can be produced by peoples expectation of how alcohol will influence them in particular situations
Balanced placebo design
Study design in which behavior is observed following the presence or absence of an actual stimulus and also following the presence or absence of a placebo stimulus; test of expectancy theory
