Unit 5: States of Consciousness Flashcards
A measure of the percentage of alcohol found in a person’s blood.
Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)
The physiological sleep-wake cycle.
Circadian Rhythm
Influenced by exposure to sunlight as well as daily schedule and activity.
Circadian Rhythm
Biologically, it includes changes in body temperature, blood pressure and blood-sugar
Circadian Rhythm
The awareness or deliberate perception of a stimulus
Consciousness
A stimulus that has a particular significance to the perceiver (a sight or sound that has special relevance to the person who saw or heard it)
Cues
A class of drugs that slow down the body’s physiological and mental processes
Depressants
The heightened focus on one stimulus or thought such that many other things around you are ignored
Dissociation
A disconnect between ones awareness of their environment and the one object the person is focusing on
Dissociation
An intense feeling of pleasure, excitement or happiness
Euphoria
The ability for people to correct or change their beliefs and evaluations if they believe these judgments have been biased
Flexible Correction Model
Someone realizes they only thought their day was great because it was sunny, they may revise their evaluation of the day to account for “biasing” influence of the weather.
Flexible Correction model
Substances that, when ingested, alter a person’s perceptions, often by creating hallucinations that are not real or distorting their perceptions of time
Hallucinogens
The state of consciousness whereby a person is highly responsive to the suggestions of another
Hypnosis
A state that usually involves a dissociation with one’s environment and an intense focus on a single stimulus
Hypnosis
The use of hypnotic techniques such as relaxation and suggestion to help engineer desirable change such as lower pain or quitting smoking
Hypnotherapy
A computer reaction time test that measures a person’s automatic associations with concepts.
Implicit Associations Test (IAT)
Could be used to measure how quickly a person makes positive or negative evaluations of members of various ethnic groups
Implicit Associations Test (IAT)
State of being fatigued and/or having difficulty adjusting to a new time zone after travelling a long distance (across multiple time zones)
Jet Lag
A hormone associated with increased drowsiness and sleep
Melatonin
A state of heightened focus on the thoughts passing through one’s head, as well as a more controlled evaluation of those thoughts
Mindfulness
The activation of certain thoughts or feelings that make them easier to think of and act upon
Priming
A class of drugs that speed up the body’s physiological and mental processes
Stimulants
A state of consciousness characterized by the experience of “out-of-body possession,”
Trance States
An acute dissociation between one’s self and the current, physical environments surrounding them
Trance States
Daydreaming, Sleep and a coma are all types of what?
Low levels of awareness
The effect in which recent experience of a stimulus facilitates processing of the same or a similar stimulus
Priming
Mindfulness is what type of awareness?
High Level
A recurring state of relaxation that is characterized by an altered state of consciousness, inhibited sensory activity and muscular inhibition
Sleep
Produced by the pineal gland as a metabolic product of the neurotransmitter serotonin
Melatonin
Regulated by suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus
Circadian Rhythm
What are the 5 stages of sleep?
Awake
N1
N2
N3
REM
Stage marking the onset of sleep, is coupled with a slowing of the heart rate and respiration
N1/NREM
Sleep Onset
This stage of sleep has a decrease in muscular tension and core body temperature
N1/NREM
Sleep Onset
This stage of sleep has a low frequency/higher amplitude than when awake
N1/NREM
Sleep Onset
In this stage of sleep, the body goes into a state of deep relaxation
N2/NREM
Light Sleep
In this stage of sleep, the brain activity is: Theta waves (4-7 cps) and sleep spindles
N2/NREM
Light Sleep
In this stage of sleep, the brain activity is: Delta waves (0.5-4 cps) and low frequency/high amplitude waves. Has a significant drop in heart rate and respiration
N3/NREM
Slow Wave
This stage of sleep, brain activity is: Beta waves (15-30 cps) High frequency/low amplitude brainwave. High levels of brain activity and inhibition of motor output
Rapid-Eye Movement/REM sleep
The feeling of inadequate or poor sleep due to:
Trouble falling asleep
Trouble remaining asleep
Awakening too early
Non-restorative sleep
Insomnia
A disorder consisting of excessive daytime sleepiness accompanied by brief “attacks” of sleep during waking hours
Narcolepsy
Sleep disorder characterized by persistent incidents of complex motor activity during slow wave sleep NREM sleep.
Somnambulism
A sleep disorder that has episodes typically occurring during the first hours of sleep and involve getting out of bed and walking
Somnambulism
A sleep disorder characterized by the absence of the normal paralysis of the arms and legs which leads to a person acting out his/her dream
REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
Side of this depressant include Impaired co-ordination, poor judgment, lowered impulse control, reduced self awareness and outcome prediction
Alcohol
Side effects of this sedative/tranquilizer include impaired co-ordination and mental functioning, drowsiness and lethargy
Barbiturates
A group of narcotics derived from the opium poppy that provide a euphoric rush and depress activity in the brain
Opiates
Methamphetamine
Amphetamine
Cocaine are all examples of….
Stimulants
Agonists for Dopamine, Serotonin and Noradrenaline
Stimulants
Increase energy, alertness and activity
Stimulants
Marijuana and MDMA/Ecstasy are examples of….
Hallucinogens
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a….
Hallucinogen
