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Unit 5- States of Consciousness Flashcards

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hypnosis

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subject responds to hypnotist’s suggestions that certain perceptions/feelings/thoughts/behaviors will spontaneously occur

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consciousness

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our awareness of ourselves/environment

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posthypnotic suggestion

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help control undesired symptoms/behaviors after hypnosis (suggestions during hypnosis to be carried out after)

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dissociation

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split in consciousness, allows some thoughts/behaviors to occur simultaneously with others

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circadian rhythm

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biological clock, regular body rhythms on a 24 hour cycle

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REM sleep

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rapid eye movement sleep, vidid dreams occur, “paradoxical sleep” because muscles relaxed

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alpha waves

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slow brain waves of relaxed/awake state

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sleep

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periodic, natural loss of consciousness

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hallucinations

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false sensory experiences

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delta waves

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large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

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NREM sleep

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all sleeping stages but REM sleep

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suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

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cell clusters in hypothalamus that controls circadian rhythm

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insomnia

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problem falling/staying asleep

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narcolepsy

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uncontrollable sleep attacks

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sleep apnea

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sleep disorder, stop breathing during sleep and repeated awakenings

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night terrors

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high arousal/appearance of being terrified, occur during NREM-3

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dream

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sequence of images/thoughts/emotions passing through sleeping mind

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manifest content

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Freud, remembered storyline of dream

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latent content

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Freud, underlying meaning of dream

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REM rebound

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REM sleep increases following REM sleep deprivation

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substance use disorder

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continued substance craving/use despite significant life disruption and/or physical risk

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psychoactive drug

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chemical substance, alters perceptions/moods

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tolerance

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diminishing effect with regular use of drug

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addiction

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compulsive craving of drugs/certain behaviors

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withdrawal

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discomfort/distress that follow discontinuing an addictive drug/behavior

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depressants

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drugs that reduce neural activity/slow body functions

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alcohol use disorder

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alcohol use marked by tolerance, withdrawal, and drive to continue use

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barbiturates

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drugs that depress central nervous system activity, reducing anxiety but impairing memory/judgement

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opiates

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depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety (heroin/morphine)

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stimulants

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drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions (nicotine, caffeine, cocaine)

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amphetamines

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drugs, stimulate neural activity, speed up body functions, associated with energy/mood changes

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nicotine

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stimulating/highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco

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cocaine

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powerful/addictive stimulant, coca plant, temporary alertness/euphoria

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methamphetamine

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stimulates CNS, speeds up body function, mood/energy changes, reduce baseline dopamine levels

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ecstasy (MDMA)

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stimulant/mild hallucinogen, produces euphoria/social intimacy, short-term health risks, long-term harm to serotonin producing neurons/mood/cognition

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hallucinogens

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psychedelic drugs, distort perceptions and evoke sensory images

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LSD

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hallucinogenic drug

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near-death experience

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altered state of consciousness reported after close brush with death (cardiac arrest), similar to drug-induced hallucinations

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THC

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major active ingredient in marijuana, triggers many effects and mild hallucinations

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William James

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continuos stream of consciousness, each moment flowing into the next, functionalism, James-Lange theory (physical changes first, then leads to experience of emotion)

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Ernest Hilgard

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hypnosis involves not only social influence, but also special dual-processing state of dissociation

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Sigmund Freud

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manifest/latent content (psychoanalytic theory)

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