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Ap Psych 5
States of Consciousness
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |