Consciousness And Its Altered State Flashcards
Persons awareness of the sensations thoughts and feelings that he she is experiencing at a particular moment
Consciousness
Perception that different from consciousness
Altered state
People cannot directly know what reality is to them nor can enter directly into their experiences
Subjective and private
A person dream in and out into various states throughout the day
Dynamic (ever changing)
No matter what once awareness is focused either watching the sunset or the itch on his back is only him who is aware of it
Self-reflective and central to one’s sense of the self
One systematically carries out mental activity
Active state
Thoughts and images come to a person who has more spontaneously, like daydream or drift from one’s thought to another
Passive state
Can be a reliable tool to ease pains, ending one’s addiction and a psychological therapy for law enforcement
Hypnosis
Learn technique for focusing attention that brings about an altered state of consciousness
Meditation
A repetition of sound, words, or syllables over and over
Mantra
Separation of a person’s awareness from everything he is focusing on; DISCONNECTION ON YOURSELF
Dissociation
Has less voluntary control over his action or behavior; with connection to the greater power
Trance state
Time of quiet tranquility as they put aside the tensions of the day and spend the night in undisturbed slumber
Sleep
The measurement of electrical activity within the brain
Electroencephalogram
images, thoughts and feelings one experiences while asleep
Dreams
Stages of sleep
ALPHA STAGE: before stage 1
STAGE 1: Lightest sleep
STAGE 2: Real sleep
STAGE 3: Deep sleep
STAGE 4: Awake & Alert stage
Who expounded unconscious wishful fulfillment
Sigmund Freud
Dreams are conflicts or repressed desires which are relegated to the unconscious mind; your wish that won’t fulfilled
Unconscious wishful fulfillment
Dreams have no meaning instead it helps one to erase unnecessary information collected during the day; dream inorder to forget
Reverse learning theory
Dreams allow information necessary for one survival to be delegated; daily survival/reprocessed and reconsidered
Survival theory
Dreams are the result of RANDOM ELECTRICAL ENERGY exciting memories found in different parts of the brain which the brain waves into logical storyline
Activation systems theory
Who consider five sleeping disorders
Feist and Rosenberg
Taking more than 20 minutes to fall asleep or not rested after a night sleep for two or more consecutive weeks
Insomnia
Sleep difficulty due to temporary blockage of the air passage
Sleep apnea
This happens when a person’s get out of bed during sleep usually during the 3rd sleep cycle and engaged in activities that generally happens during wakefulness
Sleepwalking
Excessive daytime sleepiness
Narcolepsy
Sleeps more than 10 hours a day for two weeks or more
Hypersomnia
Biological process that happens repeatedly more or less 24 hour occurrence
Circadian rhythm
Long frightening dreams that when awaken the person is very scared
Nightmare
Drugs that affect a person’s emotions, perceptions and behavior
Psychoactive drugs
Drug addiction which is formally called
Substance dependence
Difficult behavior to modify or treat even under extreme treatment
Addiction
Substances that speed up psychological and mental processes; increase arousal of CNS
Stimulants
Stimulant usually found in coffee and soft drinks
Caffeine
Natural brain chemical called
Adenosine
Stimulant found in cigarettes
Nicotine
An illegal drug which leads to serious problems
Cocaine
Cocaine produces the “high” through the neurotransmitter called
Dopamine
Have to restrain the nervous system causing the neurons to work slowly
Depressants
most commonly present in generally used by some people than any other drugs
Alcohol
Drugs that induce relaxation and relieve pain and anxieties
Narcotics
Used medically to ease pain
Morphine
Illegal but still widely used
Heroin
A chemical that satisfies the psychological cravings for heroin without inducing the “high” that goes with the heroin
Methadone
A drug that can produce hallucinogen or changed perceptual process or hallucination
Hallucinogens : Psychedelic drugs
Most popular hallucinogen which is widely used nowadays
Marijuana
Known as a rave drugs because it is used in night clubs and rave parties
Ecstasy
