STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESSChapter 7

Do Now

How much sleep do you think you get each night? Generally, how easy or hard is it for you to get to

sleep? To wake up in the morning? Do you generally feel tired or rested when you

wake up in the morning? Are you ever sleepy during the day? Have you ever fallen asleep during a class? Are there certain times of day when you feel

especially sleepy? When do you feel the most alert?

Are you just as sleepy on weekends or during school vacations as you are during the school week?

Activity

Read the article

Answer all questions which relate

We shall discuss once you have finished

Sleep Log Project

Due 4/23/2015

Record your sleep habits for the next 7 days

Lets review what you have to do!

Nova: What are Dreams?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i539ynXmh-c

HYPNOSIS

Do Now:

Take out Sleep Log Project

Answer the following Question: What is the meaning of Hypnosis? Have

you ever seen or been hypnotized? Explain how this may alter our state of mind.

What is Hypnosis?

• Hypnosis: Altered state of consciousness characterized by intensely narrowed attention and increased openness to suggestion– Franz Mesmer: Believed he could cure diseases by

passing magnets over body; true “animal magnetism” (“mesmerize” means to hypnotize)

Hypnotic Susceptibility

Hypnotic Susceptibility: How easily a person can be hypnotized

Basic Suggestion Effect: Tendency of hypnotized people to carry out suggested actions as though they were involuntary

Hidden observer: Detached part of hypnotized person’s awareness that silently observes events

Hypnosis Can…

Help people relax

Reduce pain

Get people to make better progress in therapy

Hypnosis cannot…

Produce acts of superhuman strength

Produce age regression

Force you to do things against your will

Stage Hypnosis

Stage Hypnosis: use of hypnosis to entertain; often, merely a simulation of hypnosis

“Tricks of the Trade”

Open to page 240

How are stage hypnotists able to perform with very little hypnosis?

Copy down all 5 into your notes Jot down info which relates to each

Discovering Psychology

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PW1fwKjo-Y

Do Now:

Explain the difference between stage hypnosis and regular hypnosis. What are some reasons why people are able to be hypnotized?

Drug Altered Consciousness Psychoactive Drug: A substance

capable of altering attention, memory, judgment, time sense, self-control, mood or perception

Stimulant: Substance that increases activity in the body and nervous system

Depressant: A substance that decreases activity in the body and nervous system

Dependence Physical Dependence: when a person uses

drugs to keep their body functioning

Withdrawal Dependence: physical illness and discomfort without a drug

Drug Tolerance: A reduction in the body’s response to a drug

Physiological Dependence: drug dependence based upon emotional or psychological needs.