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AGENDA – TUESDAY, MARCH 4TH Consciousness Reading Quiz Hypnosis
NotesTheory discussion
Homework: Begin “Sleep Journal” tonight
KEY PEOPLE IN PSYCH (YELLOW) Sigmund Freud
CONSCIOUSNESS Awareness of yourself and your
environment Humans experience multiple “states of
consciousness”SleepingWakingMeditatingHypnosisDreamingDrowsinessFood or oxygen starvation
HYPNOSIS An altered state of consciousness (?) in
which suggestions can alter perceptions, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors of another person
HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIBILITY
One’s ability to be influenced by the suggestions of a hypnotist.
Varies among people.
“You are getting sleepy, very sleepy”“Your eyelids are getting heavy”“Your hands are cemented together, inseparable”“You are swaying back & forth, back & forth”
IMPORTANT CONCEPTS/IDEAS
Posthypnotic Amnesia: The forgetting of events that took place while hypnotized.
Age regression: The NON-EXISTENT ability to recall earlier memories (Hypnotist “plants” memories)
Posthypnotic suggestions: Suggestions that are carried out after the client awakens weight, stress, & headaches minimal help with addiction
Hypnotic Analgesia: The reduction of the perception of pain that occurs during hypnosis.
AGENDA – WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5TH Theories of hypnosis
NotesGroup story
Return Tests NEW Reading Guide Homework: AP Practice Exam FRIDAY
THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS
Role Theory(Social Influence Theory)
State Theory Dissociation Theory(Divided Consciousness
Theory)(Ernest Hilgard)
It is NOT an altered State of Consciousness! It is a social phenomenon in which people act how they think a hypnotized person should act. Hypnotic Suggestibility differs based on expectations about hypnosis. It is like someone at a party where non-alcoholic beer is being served, but people are told it is alcoholic. They will “act” intoxicated (not by choice), but because they have an EXPECTATION about how intoxicated people act.
Hypnosis IS an altered State of Consciousness! Evidenced by changes in perception of pain & dramatic health benefits that can result. AND, sometimes carry out behaviors, even when no one is watching. AND Brain functioning does change while hypnotized.
Example: Chandler from “Friends” began acting like a woman even while not sleeping because he listed to a tape that altered his behaviors
Our consciousness divides itself
One part gives into suggestions, but one part(a Hidden Observer) remains grounded in reality. Hypnotized individuals remain aware of a painful stimulus, they just dissociate (separate) themselves from the actual pain.
Example: Someone varies between having a painful broken leg and a moderately uncomfortable leg pain based on one state of consciousness is more dominant
THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS With a partner (or on your own), create
a short story that describes somebody experiencing hypnosisDescribe the subject’s outward behavior
and history, the hypnotist’s actions, what the hypnotist says, etc.
Once you are done, switch stories and explain from each theory’s perspective WHY the person is behaving the way they are
EXAM #3 Fifth Hour:
Exam #2 Mean: 25.42 (with 4 point curve)Exam #3 Mean: 26.74 (with 5 point curve)
Seventh Hour:Exam #2 Mean: 25.59 (with 4 point curve)Exam #3 Mean: ----- (with 5 point curve)
CURRENT TRENDS Reading Guides:
Difficult to read and find information Just a long list of content Hard to maneuver during a reading quiz or
while prepping for a test Exam scores do not reflect knowledge of
content
The plan… NEW easier-to-read Reading Guides Can still type into them Answers will be available for questions that
stump you
AGENDA – THURSDAY, MARCH 6TH Sleep
Notes
Homework: AP Practice Exam TOMORROW
SLEEP Another state of consciousness Allows the body to restore and repair
itself We are far less aware of our selves and
surroundings, but we’re still experiencing consciousness!
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM Any biological process
that occurs in a 24 hour cycle
Examples: Temperature, Metabolism, Alertness, blood clotting, SLEEP
Teenagers: Most teenagers have a hard time falling asleep before 11:00 pm because of their shifting circadian rhythm cycle
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM Triggered by body’s production of
melatonin, which is the body’s sleep-inducing hormone
Increased production when it’s dark out Decreased production when it’s light out
SLEEP CYCLES AND STAGES
A single sleep cycle lasts for approximately 90 minutes
Includes five distinct sleep stages
SLEEP STAGES Sleep onset: You are
AWAKE, yet DROWSY (Alpha Waves)Have hallucinations or
envision thingsMyoclonic Jerks (twitches
or spasms) Stage 1: Theta Waves
First five minutes of sleep (very easy to wake)
SLEEP STAGES Stage 2 (Still Theta Waves!)
Lasts about 20 minutes (clearly asleep)Rapid bursts of brain activity (aka sleep
spindles)Half of all sleep takes place here!Sleep-talking can begin
Stages 3 & 4 (Delta Waves) 30 minutes totalThe lower the frequency waves, the deeper
the sleepGetting woken up Groggy and disoriented
SLEEP STAGES REM Cycle
Brain waves resemble Alpha waves Internally, you are alert (heart rate, eye
movement, etc.)Externally, you are paralyzedThis is when dreaming happens25% of your sleepMore frequent towards the end of the sleep cycle
SLEEP DISORDERS Insomnia—inability to fall asleep or stay asleep (None)
Sleep apnea—failure to breathe when asleep (All) (Stop breathing for up to 10 Seconds- hundreds of times a night)
Sleepwalking- Walking/Talking in sleep (No memory) (3,4)
Night terrors—sudden arousal from sleep and intense fear accompanied by physiological reactions (e.g., rapid heart rate, perspiration). (3,4)
REM sleep disorder—act out your dreams. (REM)
Narcolepsy—overpowering urge to fall asleep (REM)
Infographic on sleep!
Rusty- The narcoleptic Dog
Narcoleptic Brit Narcoleptic Girl
AND WORST OF ALL…Fatal Familia Insomnia Average onset of 50 Takes 7-18 mos.
Starts with Insomnia & inability to nap.Gradually lose ability to sleep.Effects: Hallucinations, Panic Attacks Phobias, & eventually severe dementia.
*Demonstrates the restorative & reparative function of sleep*
http://vimeo.com/60670141
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/livepsych/media/interface/index.htm?atitle=Stages%20of%20Sleep&id1=10_1&id2=10_2&id3=16_1&id4=16_2&id5=16_3&sid=16_3
http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ph/hss/livepsych/media/interface/index.htm?atitle=Stages%20of%20Sleep&id1=10_1&id2=10_2&id3=16_1&id4=16_2&id5=16_3&sid=16_3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVCYdrw-1o
AGENDA – MONDAY, MARCH 10TH Practice AP Exams Dreams and meanings
ArticleNotes
Drugs Homework:
Memory reading quiz TOMORROWNew Reading Guide Due TOMORROW
SOME DATA… 5th hour Mean: 56/100 7th hour Mean: 58/100
Further proof that the mean is NOT the best judge of a class’s abilities