Title: States of Consciousness
1States of Consciousness
2Sleep and Sleeplessness The Current
Scene
3Why 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
4What is a typical nights sleep?
- PsychSim
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- Alpha waves
- Delta waves
- REM sleep
- 90 minute cycle
5You are the doctor
- Insomnia
- Narcolepsy
- Sleep Apnea
- Night terrors
6Hypnosis An altered state?
7Can everyone be hypnotized?
- Some are more susceptible than others
- Does just believing you can be easily hypnotized
help?
8Can you be hypnotized against your will?
9What is a posthypnotic suggestion?
- Give an example
- How can you maintain this suggestion?
10What is the social influence theory of hypnosis?
11Drugs
12The nature and abuse of Ecstasy
13Where in the brain do drugs work?
14What 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?
17What is one of the best social predictors of drug
use?
- Peers Close friends who use drugs.
- Particularly among adolescents