SS10.P.11
Compare various states of consciousness evident in human behavior, including the process of sleeping and dreaming.
Compare various states of consciousness evident in human behavior, including the process of sleeping and dreaming.
Unpacked Content
Knowledge
- The role of neurotransmitters in neural communication.
- The role of sleep in one's daily life.
- The effects of psychoactive drugs on behavior and mental processes.
Skills
- Summarize complex concepts related to sleep, dreams, drug use and misuse, and hypnosis into simpler, yet still accurate, terms.
- Argue in favor of or against a theory of sleep, dreams, and/or hypnosis using research-based evidence to support claims.
- Develop a plan for getting enough sleep, using evidence-based strategies derived from theories and information presented in the text.
- Create a public awareness campaign that discourages children from misusing psychoactive drugs, using evidence-based strategies and information derived from the text.
Understanding
- Sleep is important in one's daily life.
- There are ways to improve one's sleep experience.
- There are positive and negative affects of psychoactive drugs on behavior and mental processes.
- There are ways in which hypnosis can be helpful for alleviating pain.
- There are unsupported uses of hypnosis as a therapeutic technique.
Vocabulary
- consciousness
- depressants
- stimulants
- hallucinogens
- opiates
- addiction
- tolerance
- withdrawal
- manifest content
- latent content
- activation synthesis
- hypnosis
- suggestibility
- divided consciousness
- dissociation
- adaptive theory of sleep
- restorative theory of sleep
- REM
- non-REM
- Stage 1
- Stage 2
- Stages 3 and 4
- insomnia
- sleep apnea
- narcolepsy
- night terrors
- restless leg syndrome
- somnambulism
- circadian rhythm
- REM rebound