Ch 4 Lecture 1 and 2 Consciousness Sleep Dreams and Hypnosis What is consciousness and what creatures experience it o Waking consciousness o Altered state of consciousness What are some examples of altered state of consciousness Sleep What is sleep o Biological rhythms What happens when we go without sleep o Microsleeps o Sleep Deprivation How does sleep change as we age Why do we sleep o Restorative Theory of Sleep o The Adaptive Theory of Sleep What processes mechanisms play a role in sleep o SCN o Hypothalamus Melatonin Serotonin Body temperature o Types of sleep o The stages of sleep What occurs during REM sleep What are some sleep disorders What is jet lag Why do we dream o Freudian Theory o Activation synthesis hypothesis o Lucid dreaming Hypnosis Meditation Drugs What is hypnosis and what isn t it What are some of the theories of hypnosis What is meditation What are psychoactive drugs and some types of them What is dependence What are the stages of sleep How can we determine what stage of sleep a person is in What are stimulants and some examples What are depressants and some examples What are opiates and some examples What are hallucinogens and some examples o Physical Tolerance Withdrawal o Psychological o Addiction o Amphetamines o Cocaine o Nicotine o Caffeine o Barbiturates o Benzodiazepines o Rohypnol o Alcohol o Narcotics o LSD o PCP o MDMA o Mescaline o Psilocybin o Marjiuana
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