Consciousness quiz

Conciousness

_________ is a person’s awareness of everything that is going on around them at any given moment.

Altered State

The state in which there is a shift in the quality or pattern of mental activity as compared to waking consciousness is called _____ ____ of consicousness.

Circadian Rhythm

The ____ ____ is a cycle of bodily rhythm that occurs over a 24-hour period.

Dissociation

____ is a theory of hypnosis proposed by Ernest Hilgard, in which one part of the mind stays conscious and aware of activities during hypnosis.

Restorative Theory

The ___ ____ of sleep is the theory of sleep proposing that sleep is necessary to the physical health of the body and serves to replenish chemicals and repair cellular damage.

Alpha waves

____ _____ are brain wave that indicate a state of relaxation or light sleep.

REM sleep

____ ____is a stage of sleep in which the eyes move rapidly under the eyelids and the person is typically experiencing a dream.

Night Terrors

_____ ____ are a relatively rare phenomena in which the person experiences extreme fear and screams or runs around during deep sleep without waking fully.

REM rebound

_____ _____ is the phenomenon that occurs when a person who is deprived of REM sleep during one-night experiences greatly increased amounts of REM sleep the next night.

Insomnia

_____ is the inability to get to sleep, stay asleep, or get a good quality of sleep.

Sleep Apnea

_____ ____ is a disorder in which thee person stops breathing for nearly half a minute or more

Narcolepsy

____ is a sleep disorder in which a person falls immediately into REM sleep during the day without warning

Hypnosis

The state of consciousness in which the person is especially susceptible to suggestion is called _____.

Tolerance

When more and more of the drug is needed to achieve the same effect it is called ____

Withdrawal

The physical symptoms that can include nausea, pain, tremors, crankiness, and high blood pressure, resulting from a lack of an addictive drug in the body systems, are called ____

Psychological Dependence

The feeling that a drug is needed to continue a feeling of emotional or psychological well-being is ___ ____

Stimulants

____ are drugs that increase the functioning of the nervous system.

Deprressants

Drugs that decrease the functioning of the nervous system are known as _____.

Narcotics

____ are a class of opium-related drugs that suppress the sensation of pain by binding to and stimulating the nervous system’s natural receptor site for endorphins.

Marijuana

___ is a well known hallucinogenic drug that comes from the leaves and flowers of the hemp plant called cannabis sativa.