UNIT 3 Study Guide: Consciousness

Review the following:

General Terms/ideas

• Function/purpose of sleep
• Circadian Rhythm
• Selective Attention
• Multitasking

Sleep

Stages

• Stage 1-4
• REM
• NREM

Sleep disorders

• Narcolepsy
• Night Terrors
• Nightmares
• Apnea
• Sleepwalking
• Insomnia

Theories of sleep

• Freudian wish fulfillment

• manifest content
• latent content

• Activation-synthesis hypothesis
• Information processing
• Cognitive development theory

Altered States of Consciousness

Hypnosis

• Post Hypnotic suggestion
• Factors that increase/decrease likelihood of hypnotism

Drugs

• Identify the categories and effects of the following drugs

• Cocaine
• Nicotine
• Alcohol
• Meth (stay away from it!)
• LSD

• Tolerance
• Addiction
• Withdrawal

There will be a short essay question that will be based upon sleep disorders, so know this information well.