Chapter 4
Varieties of Consciousness
Learning Objectives for Chapter 4:
- Explain the four factors in normal waking consciousness.
- Define what is meant by "levels of consciousness."
- Name and define the three levels of consciousness proposed by Freud.
- Explain unconscious processing in terms of blindsight and subliminal perception.
- Distinguish between the EEG and EMG.
- Describe the four stages of sleep, their accompanying brain activity,
and their distribution across the night.
- Explain how REM sleep differs from NREM sleep.
- Describe the patterns of REM sleep and the physiological changes that
accompany it.
- Summarize Freuds and Hobsons views on the content of dreams.
- Name and describe three common disorders of sleep.
- Discuss the effects of drugs and melatonin on insomnia.
- Summarize the cognitive and behavioral underpinnings of insomnia.
- Define hypnosis, and describe who can be hypnotized.
- List the benefits of hypnosis, and explain the controversy surrounding
the issue of hypnosis as a distinct state of consciousness.
- Describe meditation and explain its proposed benefits.
- Define dependence, tolerance, withdrawal, addiction, and drug abuse.
- Discuss the differences between the various different types of stimulant
drugs.
- List the effects of the depressant alcohol, and explain its relationship
to aggression.
- Describe the effects of hallucinogenic drugs.
- Explain how marijuana differs from the other drugs discussed.