CONSCIOUSNESS

Question 1

CONSCIOUSNESS

Answer 1

STATE OF BEING AWARE

-reflecting on environment or internal experience that simply reacting to them

Question 2

circadian rhythm

Answer 2

predictable pattern of hormone levels, body temperature and wakefulness

Question 3

brain waves

Answer 3

electrical currents in the brain

Question 4

what are the five cycles of sleep

Answer 4

1) awake
2) stage 1
3) stage 2
4) stage 3
5) stage 4

Question 5

what happens in sleep cycle during awake but relaxed state?

Answer 5

brain produces ALPHA waves , relatively slow and regular

Question 6

what happens in stage 1 sleep

Answer 6

slower breathing and irregular erratic brain waves

• falling or floating experience
• alpha waves replaced with slower THETA waves

Question 7

hypnogogic

Answer 7

having to do with drowsiness, falling or floating experience

-happens in first five minutes of sleep

Question 8

stage 2 sleep

Answer 8

DEEPER RELAXATION occasional bursts of rhythmic brainwaves

Question 9

sleep spindles

Answer 9

occasional burst of rhythmic brainwaves that occur in stage 2

Question 10

stage 3

Answer 10

brains starts to produce DELTA waves

Question 11

stage 4

Answer 11

much stronger more consistent delta waves

Question 12

slow wave sleep

Answer 12

most difficult time to wake up

-sleep between stage 3 and 4

Question 13

REM

Answer 13

• rapid eye movement
• irregular erratic brain waves,breathing more rapid, irregular, heartbeat increases
• WHEN people DREAM

Question 14

PARADOXICAL SLEEP

Answer 14

• REM SLEEP

- body appears calm and relax despite cortical activity

Question 15

insomnia

Answer 15

difficulty falling asleep or staying aslep

Question 16

narcolepsy

Answer 16

sudden, uncontrollable attacks of sleep during waking hours

-sometimes narcoleptic go directly to REM completely losing muscular tension

Question 17

sleep apnea

Answer 17

stops breathing intermittently during sleep

Question 18

dreams according to freud

Answer 18

• a way to preserve sleep

- the images in dreams disguised as repressed desires to avoid anxiety

Question 19

manifest content

Answer 19

actual images that appear in a dream

Question 20

latent content

Answer 20

forbidden sexual or aggressive desire that dreamers would repress if awake

Question 21

activation synthesis theory

Answer 21

brain’s neurons fire randomly during sleep, as we wake we construct a dream to try to make sense of out of the random images

Question 22

information-processing

Answer 22

dreams are ways to consolidate information into memory

Question 23

what happens when deprived of dreams?

Answer 23

we make up for it by later experiencing prolonged periods of REM sleep

Question 24

REM rebound

Answer 24

prolonged period of REM sleep

Question 25

hypnosis

Answer 25

induced state of consciousness

-characterized by deep relaxation, and heightened suggestibility

Question 26

dissociation

Answer 26

split in consciousness which allows a person to become aware of his or her activities while under hypnosis

Question 27

psychoactive drugs

Answer 27

produce state of consciousness that is different from “normal” consciousness
-by mimicking, inhibiting or stimulating activity of neurotransmitters

Question 28

what are the three types of psychoactive drugs?

Answer 28

depressants, stimulants,hallucinogens

Question 29

depressants

Answer 29

slows down body functions and neurological activity

-alcohol, barbiturates (sleep inducing drugs) and opiates

Question 30

what kind of psychoactive drug is alcohol?

Answer 30

depressant
-mistaken as stimulant because it slows down brain activity that controls inhibitions so people tend to become more daring and aggressive

Question 31

stimulants

Answer 31

increase neurological activity and bodily functions

Question 32

hallucinogens

Answer 32

distort perceptions and produce sensations that have no physical basis