5: States of Consciousness

________ is defined by difficulties getting to sleep and /or staying asleep.

________ are healthier, earn more, and are more satisfied with their lives.

________ is more successful at changing subjective experiences than it is at modifying behaviors like smoking.

________: The conscious experience of thinking about your own thinking and performance.

________ and cataplexy (which are caused by a sudden shift to Stage 1 REM patterns during normal waking hours.

________ cause paranoia, hallucinations, and delusions.

________ (1904- 2001): created best- known state theory- Argued hypnosis caused a dissociative state or "split "in awareness.

________: A detached part of the hypnotized persons awareness that silently watches events.

________: loss of consciousness, severe depression of brain centers that control heartbeat and breathing.

________: Mental exercise for producing relaxation or heightened awareness.

Attention deficit /________ disorder (ADHD): A behavioral problem characterized by short attention span, restless movement, and impaired learning capacity.

________ have individual focus attention on the ________ words asking them to relax, let go, and accept suggestions, and use their imagination.

________ does cause impaired breathing and death.

________: Ones capacity for becoming hypnotized.

________: A brief shift in brain- wave patterns to those of sleep.

It causes ________, delusions, and hallucinations.

________: Mental exercise based on widening attention to become aware of everything experienced at any given moment.

________: Any substance that can alter a persons state of consciousness.

________: shorter or no menstrual cycles and ovaluation, higher rate of miscarriages, harm to fetuses.

The activation- ________ portrays dreaming as a random physiological process.

________: A substance that alters or distorts sensory impressions.

________ and evaluate your thought process, understanding, and performance across different situations.

________: An organisms awareness of its external environment and internal mental processes.

________: headache, cramps, insomnia, cravings, sweating, irritability.

Latent content (of dreams): The hidden or ________ of a dream, as revealed by dream interruption and analysis.

Activation- ________ (Allan Hobson and Robert Mccarley): Proposition that dreams are how brains process the random electrical discharges of REM sleep.

________ (upper): A substance that increases activity in the body and nervous system.

________: A bad dream that occurs during REM sleep.

________: Mental exercise based on attending to a single subject or thought.

________ use an addictive disorder: Abuse of, or dependence on, a mood- or behavior- altering drug or equivalent.

________ is most often associated with the last two recreational uses.

________ (EEG): Device that records electrical activity in the brain.

Lowered ________ and brain activity during sleep may help conserve energy and lengthen life.

________ extracted from cocoa.

________ /restorative theories of sleep: Proposals that lowering body and brain activity and metabolism during sleep may help conserve energy and lengthen life.

________: People who sleepwalk; occurs during NREM sleep.

Stimulus control: Linking a(n) ________ with specific stimuli.

________ and produces relaxation by interrupting the typical flow of thoughts, worries, and analysis.

________: The occurrence of extra rapid eye movement sleep deprivation affects alcoholics giving them horrible nightmares.

________: Focus of attention in concentrative meditation.

________: Any repeating cycle of biological activity, such as sleep and waking cycles or changes in body temperature.

________ effect: The tendency of hypnotized persons to carry out suggested actions as if they were involuntary.

________ affect what ASCs a person recognizes, seeks, considers normal, and attains.

________: Any theory of behavior that emphasizes internal conflicts, motives, and unconscious forces.

________ are especially associated with sleep and dreaming, hypnosis, meditation, and psychoactive drugs.

________: An inability to feel pleasure.

________ (of dreams): The surface,"visible "content of a dream; dream images as the dreamer remembers them.

________: Shortsighted thinking and perception that occurs during alcohol intoxication.

Scheduled ________: Gradually stretching the length of time between cigarettes.

________: irritability, insomnia, racing heart, elevated body temperature, and high blood pressure.

An organisms awareness of its external environment and internal mental processes

A state of clear, organized alertness

A condition of awareness that is atypical (e.g., coma; persistent vegetative state)

long-term waking state without any signs of awareness

A condition of awareness distinctly different in quality or pattern from waking consciousness

State of consciousness characterized by focused attention, reduced peripheral awareness, and heightened suggestibility

A detached part of the hypnotized persons awareness that silently watches events

The tendency of hypnotized persons to carry out suggested actions as if they were involuntary

Ones capacity for becoming hypnotized

Mental exercise for producing relaxation or heightened awareness

Mental exercise based on widening attention to become aware of everything experienced at any given moment

Mental exercise based on attending to a single subject or thought

Focus of attention in concentrative meditation

The pattern of internal bodily changes that occurs at times of relaxation

Any repeating cycle of biological activity, such as sleep and waking cycles or changes in body temperature

7-8 hours

5 hours or less

9 or more hours

Device that records electrical activity in the brain

Small, fast brain waves associated with being awake and alert

Large, slow brain waves associated with relaxation and falling asleep

Levels of sleep identified by brain-wave patterns and behavioral changes

Swift eye movement during sleep

Stage of sleep marked by rapid eye movements, high frequency brain waves, and dreaming

Non-rapid eye movement sleep characteristic of sleep Stages 1, 2, 3, and 4

Marked by small, irregular brain waves and some alpha waves

Sleep deepens and body temperature drops, sleep spindles appear on EEG

Distinctive bursts of brain-wave activity that indicate a person is asleep

very larger and slow delta waves begin to appear

Large, slow brain waves that occur in deeper sleep (stages 3 and 4.)

The deepest form of normal sleep is reached in about an hour

The occurrence of extra rapid eye movement sleep deprivation affects alcoholics giving them horrible nightmares

Proposals that lowering body and brain activity and metabolism during sleep may help conserve energy and lengthen life

Being prevented from getting desired or needed amounts of sleep

A brief shift in brain-wave patterns to those of sleep

A major disruption of mental and emotional functioning brought about by sleep loss

Any theory of behavior that emphasizes internal conflicts, motives, and unconscious forces

Freudian belief that many dreams express unconscious desires

Images in dreams that serve as visible signs of hidden ideas, desires, impulses, emotions, relationships, and so forth

The surface, "visible" content of a dream; dream images as the dreamer remembers them

The hidden or symbolic meaning of a dream, as revealed by dream interruption and analysis

Proposition that dreams are how brains process the random electrical discharges of REM sleep

Proposal that dreams reflect everyday waking thoughts and emotions

Difficulties falling asleep, staying asleep, waking up, or any combination of these, such as insomnia

Difficulty in getting to sleep or staying asleep

Caused by stress and excitement

Sleep loss caused by withdrawal from sleeping pills

Linking a particular response with specific stimuli

People who sleepwalk; occurs during NREM sleep

A bad dream that occurs during REM sleep