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Consciousness |
Awareness of the sensations, thoughts, and feelings being experienced at a given moment |
Our private internal world |
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Altered State of Consciousness(ASC) |
Change in awareness produced by sleep, meditation, hypnosis, and/or drugs |
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Circadian rhythms |
24hour cycle which involves change from high points to low points in certain bodily functions and behaviors . Change from wakefulness to sleepiness is an example |
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus |
Biological clock that control the circadian rhythm located in hypothalamus |
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Sleep |
An ASC which occurs spontaneously and consist of 2 kinds of sleep characterized by amount of eye movement |
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NREM -non rapid eye movement |
Stages 1-4 , 1 is lightest sleep and 4 is deepest .. as we progress thru stages there is decrease in everything . Little dreaming not very vivid |
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REM sleep- rapid eye movement |
Increase everything and large muscles in the arms and legs become paralyzed. More vivid dreaming |
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Sleep Cycle |
A complete sleep cycle consists of stages 1,2,3,4,3,2,REM - about 90mins . 4 to 5 cycles during a normal night's sleep |
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Sleep Deprivation |
Minor sleep deprivation can be made up my a good night's sleep |
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Sleep disorders |
Serious sleep problems which usually require attention |
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Insomnia |
One-third of all people , takes form of difficulty falling or staying asleep, waking too early l, sleep that is too light or of poor quality |
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Sleep apnea |
Difficult breathing while sleeping , individual must awaken suddenly to breathe sometimes as many as 500 times a night in form of loud snoring, snorting, gasps, and choking noises |
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Night terrors |
Sudden awakening from non-REM sleep accompanied by extreme fear, panic and strong physiological arousal usually during stage 4 |
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Nightmares |
More frightening than terrors occurring during REM sleep |
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Narcolepsy |
Uncontrollable, sudden falling asleep while person is awake , from wakefulness directly to REM lasts short period of time |
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Sleepwalking (somnambulism) |
Occurs during stage 4 most common in children |
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Sleepwalking (somniloquy) |
Occurs during stage 4 most common in children |
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Mediation |
Focusing attention to one thing and block out all distractions to achieve ASC |
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Hypnosis |
Trancelike state of heightened susceptibility to suggestions of others which can induce change in thought, feeling, sensations, perceptions or behavior |
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Psychoactive drugs |
Substances that alter our emotions, perceptions and behavior |
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Substance abuse |
Continued use of a substance |
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Biologically-based addiction |
Compulsive pattern of drug use |
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Drug tolerance |
User becomes progressively less affected by the drug |
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Withdrawal symptoms |
Taking away something your use too |
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Psychologically-based addiction |
People believe they need the drug |
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Stimulants |
Drugs that have an arousal effect on the central nervous system |
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Amphetamines |
Sense of energy , alertness |
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