When it comes to dealing with some of the issues that people go to psychologist hoping to fix or understand they can either get solutions through some select methods. Some of the methods we discussed under chapter four on consciousness in class this week include drugs, hypnosis, dreams, and sleep. See how attentive you were by taking up the test below.
Altered state of consciousness
Waking consciousness
Unconsciousness
Working consciousness
You are daydreaming
You have been drinking beer
You are concentrating hard on a math test
You are asleep
Menstrual cycle
Sleep-wake cycle
Blood pressure changes
Body temperature changes
Hippocampus; melatonin
Hippocampus; serotonin
Hypothalamus; melatonin
Hypothalamus; serotonin
Body mass
Body temperature
Serotonin levels
Melatonin levels
Trembling hands
Inability to concentrate
Feeling on general discomfort
Hypnic jerk
Lapse in judgement
Microsleep episode
Hypnogogic episode
Hypnopompic episode
Why we NEED to sleep; WHEN we sleep
WHERE we sleep; why we NEED to sleep
Why we NEED to sleep; WHERE we sleep
WHEN we sleep; why we NEED to sleep
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
Stage Four
Stage One
Stage Two
Stage Three
Stage Four
Is partly hereditary
Occurs more frequently in girls than in boys
Occurs in about 50 percent of the population
Lasts well into late adulthood in most people
Are the same thing as nightmares
Are always vividly remembered afterward
Are more common in children
Take place in one of the lighter stages of sleep.
The eyes move rapidly back and forth under the eyelids
Most people report that they were dreaming if awakened
The body is aroused and brain waves resemble waking beta waves
Lack of REM sleep produces psychological disorders
REM behavior disorder
Somnambulism
Nightmare disorder
Narcolepsy
Sleep apnea
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Epilepsy
Sleep apnea
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Cataplexy
Activation-synthesis
Dreams-for-survival
Hobson/McCarley
Freudian
Induce amnesia for what happens during the hypnotic state
Provide pain releif without medication
Alter sensory perceptions
Regress people back to their early childhood experiences
Psychological dependence
Physical dependence
Withdrawal
None of the above
Nicotine
Amphetamine
Caffeine
Cocaine
Alcohol
Valium
PCP
Barbiturate
Depresses
Decreases
Stimulates
Prevents
Heroin
Laudanum
Paregoric
Methadone
Marijuana
Psilocybin
Mescaline
Ecstacsy
Death
Hallucinations and delusions
Extreme arousal
None of the above