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Ap Psych 5
States of Consciousness
Question | Answer |
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consciousness | an awareness of ourselves and our environment |
circadian rhythm | 24 hour cycle |
wave order (4) | beta, alpha, theta, delta |
sleep spindles in stage | stage 2 |
REM sleep | rapid eye movement sleep |
NREM | non-rapid eye movement or all sleep stages but REM |
insomnia | problems in falling or staying asleep |
narcolepsy | uncontrollable sleep attacks |
sleep apnea | cessations of breathing during sleep |
night terrors | high arousal and appearance of being terrified |
sonambulism | sleep walking |
dreams | sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts |
manifest content | remembered story line of a dream |
latent content | impied meaning of a dream |
REM rebound | tendency for REM sleep to increasing following REM sleep deprivation |
Franz Anton Mesmer | made hypnosis popular |
hypnosis | one person suggest to another that certain perceptions will spontaneously occur |
susceptibility | degree which one can be hypnatized |
posthypnotic suggestion | suggestion during hypnosis session to be carried out afterwards |
social influence theory | compliance or role play of hypnosis |
dissociation theory | split in consciousness, to allow multiple thoughts at once |
psychoactive drugs | alters perceptions and moods |
tolerance | diminishing effect with regular use of drugs |
withdrawl | discomfort from discontinuing the use of a drug |
depressants | reduce neural activity and slow body functions |
3 types of depressants | barbiturates, alcohol, opiates |
stimulants | excite neural activity and speed up body functions |
4 types of stimulants | amphetamine, caffine, ecstasy, nicotine |
LSD nickname | acid |
Marijuana ingredient | THC |
Ernest Hilgard | made the dissociation theory |
Martin Orne and Frederick Evans | made the social influence theory |
Sigmund Freud | wish fulfillment dream theory |