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| State when thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized |
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| Altered State Of Consciousness |
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| There is a shift in the mental activity from the waking consciousness |
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| cycle of bodily rhythm that occurs over 24 hour period |
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Supraciasmatic Nucleus
What is it? Where is it? |
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- internal clock
-responds to light input in retina
-regulates melatonin via pineal gland
-can be disrupted by shift changes or jet lag
located in hypothalamus |
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| Every 90 minutes in sleep... |
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we pass through 5 levels of sleep
Stage 4 sleep decreases at this point and REM sleep increases |
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| EEG Patterns associated with states of Consciousness chart |
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Beta 13-24 Normal waking thought/ problem solving
Alpha 8-12 Deep relaxation, blank mind,meditation
Theta 4-7 Light Sleep
Delta less than 4 Deep sleep |
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when brain moves through 4 levels of sleep and moves back towards level 1..
has rapid beta waves
and experience Rapid eye movement |
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| Alert and awake.. Your EEG would show what type of waves? |
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| Sleep Deprivation and its side effects |
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If an individual remains awake for several days they deteriorate, in terms of immune function, concentration, and accidents.
fatigue and subsequent death
impaired concentration
emotional irritability
depressed immune system
greater vulnerability |
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insomnia that never allows you to sleep and eventually die..
passed down from family members |
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| Restorative theory of sleep |
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| sleep helps restore and repair brain tissue |
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helps restore and rebuild our fading memories
pituitary gland releases growth hormone when we sleep |
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| inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or get a good quality of sleep |
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occurs in non REM deep sleep
sleepwalking |
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Occurs in non REM deep sleep
sudden arousal from sleep and intense fear accompanied by physiological reactions (Rapid HR , perspiration) |
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Occurs in REM sleep
rare disorder where mechanism that blocks the movement of voluntary muscles fails and allows the person to thrash around and even get up and act out nightmares |
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Occurs in REM sleep
frightening dream |
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occurs in REM Sleep
person falls into REM sleep in middle of day |
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occurs in REM Sleep
Failure to breath while asleep |
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| Night Terrors differ from nightmares in that night terrors..? |
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| occur during Non-REM deep sleep |
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| Wish Fulfillment hypothesis |
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| dreams provide a psychic safety valve to discharge unacceptable feelings.. The dreams apparent content may also have symbolic meaning that signifies our unacceptable feelings |
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| Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis |
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| suggests that the brain engages in a lot of neural activity that random dreams makes sense of.. |
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| Physiological function of dreaming |
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| Dreams provide a sleeping brain with periodic stimulation to develop and preserve neural pathways. Neural networks of newborns are fast developing therefore need more sleep. |
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| The stage of sleep that is characterized by sleep spindles, or sudden bursts of electrical activity in the brain, is called? |
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| The superchiasmatic nucleus instructs the ____ gland to release ____ |
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| Moving around during REM sleep is called… |
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| Which type of brain waves are associated with waking, mentally alert activity? |
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| Sleep spindles (bursts of activity) are associated with stage ____ of sleep, while the hypnic jerk is associated with stage ____? |
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| In regards to theories about the purpose of sleep, might be best to say that adaptive theory explains _____, whereas the restorative theory explains _____. |
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when we sleep
why we need sleep |
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| Which theory of dreaming states that dreams are the result of the brain putting together information from the association areas of the cortex? |
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| Activation- Synthesis hypothesis |
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In wish fulfillment theory of dreaming, which of the following would be considered a latent content?
Dreaming that you are flying
Dreaming about a conversation you had last week
A dream about drowning symbolizing an overwhelming problem in your life
All of the above |
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| Less effect same dose, need more |
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Need for drug, withdrawal without it.
can be physical or psychological |
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| drug craving and use despite adverse consequences and to minimize adverse consequences |
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drugs that affect awareness, behavior, sensation, perception, or mood.
Stimulants
Depressants
Narcotics
Hallucinogens |
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drugs that increase the functioning of the nervous system
MOST COMMON IS US
Caffeine (Most common stimulant) , Nicotine, cocaine, meth |
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most addictive (more than heroin or alcohol)
#1 cause of preventable death in US |
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| Amphetamine and Methamphetamine |
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Develop tolerance quickly
trend for stimulant use in college (Vyvanse)
reduces appetite
increases energy |
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increases dopamine which increases feeling of euphoria
decreases pain increases appetite |
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depressants decrease the functioning of the Nervous System
Alcohol, benzodiazepines, barbiturates |
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Feels like stimulant but it is not
releases GABA (brain's depressant)
severe withdrawals |
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lowers anxiety
addictive
dangerous in large doses
Ex. Date rape drug is a benzo, valium, xanax |
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major tranquilizers
sedates you
addictive
tolerance develops quickly
used for anxiety
state of intoxication similar to alcohol
used for physicians assisted suicide |
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Drugs that come from opium designed to suppress pain
mimic endorphins
Opium, morphine, heroin |
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| ___________ increase the functioning of the nervous systems and _________ decrease the functioning of the nervous system. |
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distorts perceptions and evokes sensory images in absence of sensory input... Auditory and visual hallucinations
LSD, weed |
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| LSD (Lysergic Acid Diethylamide) |
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| used to expand a human's conciousness |
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stimulant along with a hallucinogen
is an entactogen (increases emotional opennessand empathy)
designed to make someone aroused |
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4 times the content of THC today than in the 70's
most common of hallucinogens
only a psychological dependence |
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| Narcotics, or pain killers, work by attaching to receptor sites that are for the body’s natural painkiller substance, _________, partially explaining why narcotics are so addictive: |
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| Alcohol is _____ and nicotine is a _____ |
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levels of intensity of drugs from 1 being the least to 5 being dangerous and highly illegal
schedule 1- weed
schedule 5- cough syrup with high amounts of codeine |
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| Which class of drugs is the most commonly used in the United States? |
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| Stimulants like caffeine and cigarettes |
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| Which type of drugs are known as the “major tranquilizers”? |
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| The “date rape” drug, Rohypnol, is one of the… |
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| “Korsakoff’s syndrome” is a form of dementia min brought about by a severe vitamin B1 deficiency, and is linked to which drug? |
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