Module 9: Sleep, Dream, and Consciousness

Question 1

Consciousness

Answer 1

sense of agency and intention, control over your behavior

- awareness of self, bodily sensations, thoughts and environment

Question 2

Why do we sleep?

Answer 2

Restorative function, cell growth, immune function, muscle rest

Question 3

Low Awareness

Answer 3

some cues (significant sensory info) will automatically elicit a response from us even though we never consciously perceive it.

Question 4

Priming

Answer 4

readily activating certain concepts and associations from one’s memory

Question 5

High Awareness

Answer 5

effortful attention and careful decision making

Question 6

Mindfullness

Answer 6

state of higher consciousness that includes an awareness of the thoughts passing through one’s head

Question 7

Flexible Correction Model

Answer 7

people who are aware that their thoughts or behavior are being influenced by an undue, outside source, can correct their attitude against the bias

Question 8

Hypnosis

Answer 8

To transfix or entrance a person’s attention

- Mental state characterized by reduced peripheral awareness and increased focus on a singular stimulus

Question 9

Dissociation

Answer 9

Separation of one’s awareness from everything besides what one is centrally focused on
Less effortful, less self-conscious

Question 10

4 Stages of Sleep

Answer 10

1/ NREM1: falling asleep (theta waves)

2. NREM2: light sleep, 55% of sleep, high intensity waves
3. NREM3: greater muscle relaxation, 20-25% of sleep (delta waves)
4. REM: rapid eye movement, brain awake,, 20% of sleep

Question 11

Hallucinogens

Answer 11

Alter a person’s perceptions, often by creating visions or hallucinations that are not real
ex) marijuana, LSD, MDMA

Question 12

Depressant

Answer 12

Slow down the body’s physiology and mental processes

ex) Alcohol

Question 13

Stimulants

Answer 13

Speed up body’s physiological and mental processes

ex) caffeine and nicotine, cocaine, meth