Psychology Ch.5 Flashcards
Awareness are sleeping, dreaming, anesthesia, and coma
Low awareness
minimal attention such as walking while you talk on the phone
Middle Awareness
Maximum attention like learning to drive and studying for the exam.
High Awareness
Learning a new skill watching an engrossing movie
Focused Awareness
Daydreaming, or letting one’s
thoughts wander
Drifting Consciousness
Thinking of other things while
exercising or driving a car
Divided consciousness
During sleep, the person is generally
unaware of external surroundings
but may respond
to certain stimuli
Sleeping and dreaming
Changes in consciousness
associated with hypnosis,
meditation, and drug use
Waking states of
altered consciousness
You go to sleep or wake up, visit
the toilet, eat, and other processes at about the same
time each day.
24-hour
(or circadian) rhythm.
Important for learning and
consolidation of memories
(REM)
is satisfied before
REM
NREM
REM decreases as you?
Age
Timmy usually is in a good mood but lately he hasn’t been getting good rest and has been lashing out and been in depressive states what might be wrong?
Deprivation
This hormone increases in our bodies when we are sleep deprived!
Increased Cortisol
72 hours without
sleep leads to?
brief
seconds-long
microsleeps!
Persistent difficulty falling sleep, staying asleep or waking up to early.
Insomnia
sleep interrupting waking ours and affects everyday activities
Narcolepsy
interruption of breathing while sleep, cause snoring and poor quality sleep
Sleep Apnea
Bad dreams during REM which causes wake.
Nightmares
Panic during NREM which cause wake
Night Terrors
A
systematic procedure
that typically produces
a heightened state of
suggestibility
Hypnosis
Attention is
concentrated on a specific object, image,
sound, or bodily sensation to clear the
mind of its clutter.
Focused attention:
Becoming a detached
observer by focusing attention on a
moment-to-moment experience, and
awareness of one’s own sensations,
thoughts, and feelings.
Open monitoring
Using a substance that causes emotional or physical harm to the drug user or others.
Drug abuse
are withdrawal symptoms and drug tolerance.
Addiction
Mental desire or craving to achieve a drug’s effect/a disconnect from
reality,
Psychological Dependence
Changes in bodily processes (withdrawal symptoms causing illness or pain that make a drug necessary for minimum daily functioning).
Physical Dependence
What does drugs do for you?
euphoria/relaxation/reduce anxiety/alertness
Drugs cause tissue damage directly/
Direct Effects
People using stimulants often do not eat or sleep properly.
• Sedatives increase the risk of accidental injuries because they severely impair motor coordination.
• People who abuse downers often trip down stairs, fall off stools, and suffer other mishaps.
Indirect Effects
