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Define consciousness.
Sensory Awareness
Selective Attention
Cocktail Party Effect
Preconscious
Not currently in awareness, but readily
available
Preconscious, Unconscious,
Nonconscious
Unconscious
Unavailable to awareness under most
circumstances
Repression (unconscious)
Suppression (conscious)
Preconscious, Unconscious,
Nonconscious
Nonconscious
Bodily processes that can not be
experienced through sensory awareness
Altered States of Consciousness
Sleep
Meditation
Hypnotic trance
Stage 1
Slow down from alpha waves to theta
waves
Hypnagogic state may be experienced
Stage 2
Appearance of sleep spindles
Stages 3 and 4
Delta waves
Stage 4 is deepest stage of sleep
The Stages of Sleep
REM sleep
Rapid eye movements
Paradoxical sleep
When awakened in REM sleep, 80%
report dreams
Typical Night of Sleep
FICTION!
Activation-Synthesis Model of
Dreaming
TRUE!
Sleep Disorders
Insomnia
Narcolepsy
Sleep paralysis
Sleep apnea
Teeth grinding (Bruxism)
Deep Sleep Disorders
It is dangerous to awaken a
sleepwalker.
Truth or Fiction?
It is dangerous to awaken a
sleepwalker.
FICTION!
Altering Consciousness Through
Hypnosis, Meditation, and
Biofeedback
Hypnosis
FICTION!
Explaining Hypnosis
Role Theory
Response Set Theory
role theory - a theory that
explains hypnotic events in terms of
the persons ability to act as though
he or she were hypnotized
response set theory - the view
that response expectancies play a
key role in the production of the
experiences suggested by the
hypnotist
Meditation
TRUE!
Biofeedback
Experimentation
Recommendation or observation of
others
Reinforcement by peers or positive
effects
Self medication
Genetic predisposition toward
physiological dependence
Alcohol
Depressant
Slows activity of central nervous system
Effects
Lowers inhibitions
Impairs cognitive functioning and
coordination
Alcohol
TRUE!
Barbiturates
TRUE!
Amphetamines
TRUE!
Cocaine
Addictive stimulant
in tobacco smoke
Creates
physiological
dependence on
tobacco
Enhances memory
and attention
Relaxing effect
Depresses appetite
and raises
metabolic rate
Gender, Level of Education, and
Smoking
Truth or Fiction?
TRUE!
Nicotine
Impairs perceptual-motor
coordination
Impairs short-term memory and
slows learning
May experience tolerance and
withdrawal symptoms
LSD