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Unit Three: Consciousness

Unit Three: Consciousness. Meditation, Biofeedback, Hypnosis, and Drugs. 1:20. Warm Up 03/05. What did it feel like to meditate?. Meditation. Narrow consciousness to relieve stress Need a point of focus Mantras – pleasing sounds to focus on Religious connections

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Unit Three: Consciousness

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  1. Unit Three: Consciousness Meditation, Biofeedback, Hypnosis, and Drugs

  2. 1:20

  3. Warm Up 03/05 • What did it feel like to meditate?

  4. Meditation • Narrow consciousness to relieve stress • Need a point of focus • Mantras – pleasing sounds to focus on • Religious connections • “Oneness with the universe”

  5. Biofeedback • Monitors functions in body • Practice Relaxing certain parts of body • Learn to control things like • Heart rate • Brain waves • Prevent headaches

  6. Biofeedback

  7. Hypnosis • Altered state of consciousness? • Psychologist have differing opinions • Brain Waves inconclusive • Responsive to Suggestion • Have to be willing

  8. Hypnotic Trance • Freud says… • Return to a childish way of thinking • Fantasy before logic • Role Theory • Playing the part • May believe that it’s real

  9. Uses of Hypnosis • Memory recall • As reliable as those not under hypnosis • Pain? • Used to prevent pain in very suggestible • Relaxation techniques have same effect • Posthypnotic Suggestion • instructions during hypnosis to be done after

  10. Hypnosis Gone Wrong

  11. Activity • Answer the following questions under your notes: • Do you believe people can be hypnotized? Why or why not? • Do you think biofeedback is effective? • Is meditation a good way to relieve stress? Could you see yourself using it in the future?

  12. Warm Up 03/06 • Why are some drugs illegal (cocaine, heroin, meth), yet you can buy cigarettes and alcohol or get a prescription to some narcotics?

  13. Read

  14. Drugs • Distort perceptions • Hallucinations

  15. Depressants • Slow activity of nervous system • Alcohol • Intoxication – drunkenness • Harder to focus on consequences of actions • Narcotics • Relieve pain and induce sleep • Feelings of pleasure • Terrible withdrawal symptoms

  16. Stimulants • Increase activity in the nervous system • Nicotine • Tobacco • More alert and attentive • Amphetamines • Alpha-methyl-beta-phenyl-ethyl-amine • “speed” “uppers” • Awake for days • Hallucination – perception of an object/sound that seems real, but is not • http://montana.methproject.org/index.php

  17. Stimulants • Cocaine • Coca plant • Raise blood pressure and decrease oxygen that gets to the heart • Crack – impure, much more dangerous

  18. Hallucinogens • Produces hallucinations • Marijuana • Relaxation and mild hallucinations • The feeling that time is passing more slowly • Confusion • LSD • Intense hallucinations • Chemical changes in the brain

  19. Drug Treatment • Detoxification • Removal of harmful substances from the body • Alcohol and narcotics • Withdrawal symptoms • Maintenance Programs • Controlled amounts of the substance • Counseling • Support Groups • AA

  20. Dream Journal Analysis • Are there any patterns in your dreams? Things that are recurring? • Pick two of the following perspectives: • biological pg. 18 • evolutionary pg. 18 • humanistic pg. 19 • psychoanalytic pg. 19-20 • Cognitive pg. 18-19 • Learning pg. 20-21 • Sociocultural pg. 21 • Write a paragraph about how each of those perspectives would view your dreams.

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