Consciousness

Question 1

What purpose of consciousness?

Answer 1

Monitoring the self and environment, and controlling though and behaviour

Question 2

Consciousness

Answer 2

Subjective awareness of mental events

Question 3

Evolutionary perspective on behaviour

Answer 3

Consciouseness evolved as a mechanism for directing behaviour

Question 4

Example of altered states of consciousness

Answer 4

Hypnosis, dreaming, hallucinations

Question 5

Tolerance

Question 6

Pyschoactive drugs

Answer 6

Chemical substances that alter your mood and perception

Question 7

Depressants

Answer 7

Alcohol, opiods (Pain killers), tranquilisers. slow body functions, suppress neural activity

Question 8

Disinhibitor

Question 9

Stimulants

Answer 9

Exicte neural activity, speed up body functions, mood changes e.g. Caffeine, Nicotine, Meth, Cocaine, Extasy

Question 10

Hallucinogens or pyshedelics

Answer 10

Cause sensory images and distort perceptions. e.g. shorooms, LSD

Question 11

Narcolepsy

Answer 11

Uncontrollabe sleep attacks and excessive daytime sleepiness

Question 12

Insomnia

Answer 12

Persistant problems falling or staying asleep

Question 13

Sleep Apnea

Answer 13

Causes sleepers to stop breathing until low oxygen levels wake them up

Question 14

night terror vs nightmare

Answer 14

Rarely remember them During nrem-3 sleep. Typicall screaming and flailing during sleep.

Question 15

Nightmares

Answer 15

Occur in REM sleep. Vivid memory of it