Unit Three: Consciousness

MEDITATION, BIOFEEDBACK, HYPNOSIS, AND DRUGS

Unit Three: Consciousness

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● What did it feel like to meditate?

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Meditation

• Narrow consciousness to relieve stress• Need a point of focus• Mantras – pleasing sounds to focus on• Religious connections

• “Oneness with the universe”

Biofeedback

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

Biofeedback

Hypnosis

• Altered state of consciousness?• Psychologist have differing opinions • Brain Waves inconclusive

• Responsive to Suggestion• Have to be willing

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

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

Hypnosis Gone Wrong

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?

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● Why are some drugs illegal (cocaine, heroin, meth), yet you can buy cigarettes and alcohol or get a prescription to some narcotics?

Read

Drugs

• Distort perceptions• Hallucinations

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

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

Stimulants

• Cocaine• Coca plant• Raise blood pressure and decrease oxygen that gets to

the heart• Crack – impure, much more dangerous

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

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

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.