States of Consciousness Part 3 Flashcards
REM stands for what?
Rapid Eye Movement
Sleep Stage in which the brain and eyes are active, muscles are relaxed, vivid dreaming occurs
REM Sleep
REM Sleep is also called what?
Paradoxical Sleep
Brain waves are high but bodies have no movement
Paradoxical Sleep
Brainstem acts to block communication between cerebral cortex and motor neurons to produce REM Paralysis
Paradoxial Sleep
Lack of sleep that can cause memory impairment, moodiness, overeating, no motivation, lack of concentration, reduced energy
Sleep Deprivation
Tendency for REM sleep to increase following deprivation
REM Rebound
Brief shift in brain activity from waking to sleeping brain waves
Microsleep
Typically last for seconds and we lose consciousness and are unaware of our surroundings
Microsleep
Sleep disorder in which the person regularly has difficulty falling or staying asleep
Insomnia
Sleep disorder in which the victim suffers from sudden uncontrollable sleep attacks often by going directly into REM
Narcolepsy
Sleep disorder in which the person ceases breathing while asleep, briefly arounses to gasp for air, and falls back into sleep and then repeats this cycle throughout the night
Sleep Apnea
Sleep apnea that affects and often kills infants
SIDS
Occurs between transition to Stage 4
Sleep Walking/Somnanbulism
Negative Dreams that occur during REM
Nightmares
Episodes of high arousal with apparent fear occurring in Stage 4
Night Terrors
Vivid Sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts that occur during REM Sleep
Dreams
Remembering the story line of a dream
Manifest Content
Underlying but censored meaning of a dream, remains hidden
Latent Content
Point of view that when we sleep, the pons sends signals to the cerebral cortex, creating dreams, mind making sense of random neural firings
Activation-Synthesis Theory of Dreams
Dreams are the brain’s attempt to make sense of what we encounter during the data and shutting down sensory experiences
Information-Processing Theory of Dreams
Social interaction when one person suggest to another that there are certain feelings, perceptions, thoughts, or behaviors that will occur
Hypnosis
In therapeutic hypnosis, a client is more able to respond positively to recommendations like smoking or feeling no pain
State of Suggestibility
Condition in which subjects are unable to recall what happened while they were under hypnosis
Posthypnotic Amnesia
Hypnosis is not an altered state of consciousness, but people pretend to be hypnotized and become actors in a tole
Social Influence Theory
Hilgard proposes hypnosis creates a dissociative state by dividing higher executive functions of the brain
Divided Consciousness Theory
Part of a hypnotized person’s consciousness that remains aware of happening even under hypnosis
Hidden Observer
Hilgard believes that this an example of dissociation
Hidden Observer
Split between different levels of consciousness, allowing a person to divide attention between 2 or more thoughts
Dissociation
