what you are currently aware of

ie: you are aware that you are reading this card

body processes we are not aware of 

ie: heartbeat

information you are not currently thinking about but could if asked to

ie: what are you doing this weekend?

• materially that is unacceptable to our mind so we repress it
• believed by psychoanalytical psychologists

• 90 minute cycle, consists of five stages
• Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, REM sleep

• There are 5 stages of sleep, takes roughtly 90-100 minutes to get through all five
• Stage 1: light sleep, hallucinations
• Stage 2: sleep spindles, burst of activity
• Stage 3/4: Deep sleep, Delta waves
• REM sleep: dream sleep

• Dream sleep
• rapid eye movement
• increased heart rate
• muscle paralysis

• Persistent problems getting to sleep
• most common (up to 10% of pop.)
• Causes: stress, excess caffeine, disturbed sleep patterns

• unpredictable sleepiness, suddenly fall into REM sleep

• stop breathing for short periods of time while sleeping
• very common (9-10% of pop.)
• Causes: obesity

• dreams are used to recover repressed memories
• manifest content: story line of dream
• latent content: hidden meaning behind dream

• dreams are a biological phenomenon in which our brain creates dreams as a response to neurological energy released during sleep by the brain stem

• Dreams are a way to process information that occurred during the day

• chemicals change chemistry of brain
• create altered state of consciousness

• drugs that mimick neurotransmitters
• ex: opiates mimick endorphins

• Drugs that block neurotransmitters

• body needs more of the drug to create same high
• physiological change

• physiological symptoms felt when drug is with held
• vary from drug to drug
• common symptoms: headache, itching, irritability, etc.

• speed up the bodies processes: heart rate, respiration, etc.
• Common Stimulants: caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, amphetamines
• Side Effects: heart problems, reduced appetite, severe weight loss, increased anxiety

• Slow down the body processes: heart rate, respiration , etc.
• Common Depressants: alcohol, barbitutrates, antianxiety drugs, opiates
• Side-effects: slowed reaction time, slowed brain processes, changed behavior

HALLUCINOGENS 

(Psychedelics)

• Create a change in perception (sensations are detected without a stimuli)
• Common Hallucinogens: LSD, mushrooms, marijuana, peyote
• Side-effects: distorted reality, sensory hallucinations, loss of identity

• any drug derived from the poppy plant that mimick endorphins (agonists)
• Common Opiates: morphine, heroin, methadone, codeine
• Side-effects: extremely addictive, body reduces endorphin production, extreme withdrawal symptoms

• Interested in studying levels of consciousness
• especially unconscious & repression
• Studied dream interpretation