Our awareness of ourselves and our environment

*Conciousness is reality. Or is it?

Periodic physiological fluctuations

*Our biological Rythms include heartbeat and brain waves.

The biological Clock; Regular bodily rythms

*My biological clock gives me a sense of time and helps my body rest properly

Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur

*I dream the best stories during REM sleeps, like racing.

The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state.

*My alpha waves ensure my body works properly while I am at rest

Periodic, natural reversible loss of conciousness

*Sleep is the best thing ever. I recover physically and mentally.

false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absense of an external visual stimulus

* LSD gives people hallucinations, and they see weird things.

The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

*Delta Waves are for deep sleep because the brain has no need of being hyperactive

Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep

* Insomnia leaves many people irritable and with a possibility of depression.

Sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep.

*People with narcolepsy cannot drive, or do many physical activities for fear of physical injury or death.

A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated awakenings

*CPAP machines allow people with sleep apnea to remain asleep without the fear of not breathing

Night Terrors

A sequence of images, emotions, and thougths passing through a sleeping mind.

*Some believe dreams categorize thoughts in our brains

According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream

*The manifest Content is like being awake, as people remember story lines

The underlying meaning of a dream

*The latent content is kind of like subliminal messaging in a dream

the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation

*The REM rebound catches us up at neccesary sleep if we are deprived

a social interaction in which one person sugegsts to another that certaion feelings, emotions, and thoughts to spontaneously occur.

*Typical hynosis is a person making another do things that they are not aware of

A suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is consious

*Posthypnotic Suggestion can be used for assassinations or the things that conspiracy theories are made of.

a split in consiousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simaltaneously with others

*Dissaciation is like two people trying to live in one body, interms of actions and thoughts

A chemical substance that alters perceptiopn and mood

* A popular psychoactive drug is LSD

The diminishing effect in which a drug requires higher doses than previous

*Tolerance gets people addicted and kills.

The discomfort and distress that follow discontinued use of a drug

* Most people cannot withdrawal from something on their own

A physiological need to use a drug, marked by unpleasant physical symptoms

*Physical dependence on a drug makes people continue to use it

A physiological need to use a drug, such as relieve nagative emotions

*the emotional "high" makes people continue the use of drugs

Compulsive drug craving and use

*Addiction can rarely be fought alone

drugs that reduce neural activity and slow bodily functions

*Alcohol is a depressant to may people

drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement

*Common barbituaties make people susceptible to sickness and physical ailments

Opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin

*believe it or not, the human brain has specific receptors for opiates

drugs that excite neural activity and speed bodily functions

*Caffeine is the most consumed stimulant in the world

drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded up body functions and energy changes

*methamphetimene can keep people awake for days at a time

powerfully addictive drug that stimulants the central nervous sytem and and speeds up bodily functions

*meth is lethal due to its household ingredients, such as lighter fluid, batteries,etc.

A synthetic simulant and mild hallucinogen, that produces euphoria, and social intimacy

*Ecstacy is popular at dances, but deadly because people can swell their brains from loss of body salts

Psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images

*people that take hallucinogens have reported seeing people with octopi for faces

A powerful hallucinogen

*The CIA experimented with LSD in foreign countries in the 1950s

The major active ingredient in marijuana, triggers a variety of effects

*THC stands for textrahydrocannibinal

An altered state of conciousness reported after a close brush with death

*people report seeing lights, remember past life, and hearing things when in near death experiences

The presumption that mind and body are two distict entities

*If the body and mind are sererate, can the body control the mind? Or does the mind always controls the body

The presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing

*Under monism, the body, mind, and spirit are one