States of Consciousness

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States of Consciousness

• Sleep
• Hypnosis
• Drugs

2
Sleep and Sleeplessness The Current
Scene

• Video

3
Why does shifting from day to night shift cause
problems?

• Circadian Rhythms
• Shanghai Tokyo Seattle
• Seattle London Cairo
• Going west to East is hardest
• Sun going East to West

4
What is a typical nights sleep?

• PsychSim
• http//bcs.worthpublishers.com/myers8e/pages/
• Alpha waves
• Delta waves
• REM sleep
• 90 minute cycle

5
You are the doctor

• Insomnia
• Narcolepsy
• Sleep Apnea
• Night terrors

6
Hypnosis An altered state?

• Video

7
Can everyone be hypnotized?

• Some are more susceptible than others
• Does just believing you can be easily hypnotized
  help?

8
Can you be hypnotized against your will?

• No

9
What is a posthypnotic suggestion?

• Give an example
• How can you maintain this suggestion?

10
What is the social influence theory of hypnosis?
11
Drugs
12
The nature and abuse of Ecstasy

• Video

13
Where in the brain do drugs work?
14
What is drug tolerance, and how does it increase
the problem?
15

• Bill has headaches whenever he tries to stop
  smoking. Why?

16

• Why does the medical use of drugs (e.g. Morphine)
  to control pain rarely result in the patient
  becoming addicted?

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What is one of the best social predictors of drug
use?

• Peers Close friends who use drugs.
• Particularly among adolescents