...PSY 102 GRAND CANYON ENTIRE COURSE To purchase this tutorial visit here: http://wiseamerican.us/product/psy-102-grand-canyon-entire-course/ contact us at: SUPPORT@WISEAMERICAN.US GRAND CANYON PSY 102 ENTIRE COURSE WEEK 1 DQ 1: Define psychology. How did psychology come into existence? From your readings, what are some of the contributions that psychology has produced for humanity? DQ 2: What is the relationship between the brain and behavior? What are some examples that might illustrate this? Week 1 Assignment Details: In chapter 1, your text describes what psychology is. Lecture 1 discusses four goals of psychology. Write an essay of 350-500 words that addresses the following: 1. Describe how the current perspectives, as discussed in chapter 1 of the text, help accomplish each of the four goals of psychology. 2. What particular issues in psychology, as discussed in chapter 1, are of personal interest to you? 3. How will the study of psychology enhance your life and make you a better person? 4. Provide specific examples to support your position. Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. This assignment uses a grading rubric. Instructors will be using the rubric to grade the assignment; therefore, students should review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful completion of the assignment. Week 2 DQ...
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...Sleeps, Dreams and consciousness During our lifetime the mental process of our conscious mind is working asleep or awake. Though we experience altered levels of our consciousness during sleep, comas, mediation or when we use physcdelic drugs. our view of these levels of consciousness depends on if it is taken from a western or eastern perspective. During sleep dreams fulfil our unconscious desires and helps us to rest and restore our mind and body, if we don’t get adequate sleep dyssomanias may impairs our daily functioning, while parasomnias manifest the dissonance of our mind. The mind is a powerful tool how well it is functioning tells the quality of a person. Literature reviews have shown that Parasomnias has been used in the legal system to obtain a not guilty ruling for many serious offences such as murder. But I think this is an injustice, if Freud’s psychoanalytical theory says “ it is an attempt to fulfil an unconscious desire”. Then such persons are guilty. And it is an abuse of the body of knowledge in psychology that criminals use as an excuse to literally get away with murder it is even more dangerous when a wrong act is done unconsciously Society is quick to condemn views which differs from their own and when an eastern view on altered states consciousness is presented, those who hold a western outlook question the validity of the experiences. Because scientifically it may not be able to be proven. Yet there are more than two thousand recorded cases of reincarnation...
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...Sleep, Dreams and consciousness During our lifetime, the mental process of our conscious mind is working asleep or awake. Though we experience altered levels of our consciousness during sleep, comes, meditation or when we use psychedelic drugs. our view of these levels of consciousness depends on if it is taken from a western or eastern perspective. During sleep dreams fulfil our unconscious desires and help us to rest and restore our mind and body if we don’t get adequate sleep dyssomnias may impair our daily functioning while parasomnias manifest the dissonance of our mind. The mind is a powerful tool how well it is functioning tells the quality of a person. Literature reviews have shown that Parasomnias has been used in the legal system to obtain a not guilty ruling for many serious offences such as murder. But I think this is an injustice if Freud’s psychoanalytical theory says “ it is an attempt to fulfil an unconscious desire”. Then such persons are guilty. And it is an abuse of the body of knowledge in psychology that criminals use as an excuse to literally get away with murder it is even more dangerous when a wrong act is done unconsciously Society is quick to condemn views which differ from their own and when an eastern view on altered states consciousness is presented, those who hold a western outlook question the validity of the experiences. Because scientifically it may not be able to be proven. Yet there are more than two thousand recorded cases of reincarnation...
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...Explain how the use of substances alters a person’s state of consciousness, including Depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. Include in this explanation what happens to the neurotransmitters and body chemicals as well as how you might recognize if a person at work or in your family is in an altered state of consciousness due to the influence of drugs. A person’s state of consciousness depends on several factors involving external and internal ones. Intake of substances like depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens may influence this state through transforming the chemistry of brain cells. In fact, these materials may breach the blood-brain barrier and could get access up to the brain where usual levels and or actions of neurotransmitters (such as dopamine and serotonin) might get altered by them. Such alterations in neurotransmitters may cause momentary stimulation, or relaxation which can influence the performance of body for example; reduced levels of dopamine may create depression while, excessive levels of it can lead towards psychomotor excitement. In addition to these two main components of the mind, Freudian theory also divides human personality up into three major components: the id, ego and superego. The id is the most primitive part of personality that is the source of all our most basic urges. This part of personality is entirely unconscious and serves as the source of all libidinal energy. The ego is the component of personality that is charged with dealing...
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...Week 7 Home Work Kevin Singh ECON 312 Professor Gabrielle Bonner Devry University Question 1 1. Explain how the use of substances alters a person’s state of consciousness, including depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. Include in this explanation what happens to the neurotransmitters and body chemicals as well as how you might recognize whether a person at work or in your family is in an altered state of consciousness due to the influence of drugs. There are many stimulates that can alter a person’s state of consciousness. Some of these altered states can be caused by drugs. Alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine are some of drugs that change the state of a person. Stimulants can be used to speed up the central nervous system making a person feel more alert and aware of their surroundings. The drug marijuana normally has this effect on a person because it heightens their senses and an individual normally notices things they normally would not on a normal day. Depressants are the opposite and reduce the activity of the nervous system and produce a feeling of calm. Alcohol is generally is associated with this feeling. Most people consume alcohol when they are under stress or feel depress. Alcohol is said to take the edge off and makes the individual forget their issues. Hallucinogenics can be used to make an individual have hallucinations which causes them to see things that are not there or even see things that are there but not in the same way they normally would if...
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...STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS Consciousness - level of awareness of ourselves and of our environment - awareness of what is going on Mere-exposure effect - psychological phenomena whereby people feel a preference for people or things simply because they are familiar Priming - a phenomenon, often used as an experimental technique, whereby a certain stimulus sensitizes the subject to later presentation of a similar stimulus - Research participants respond more quickly and/or accurately to questions they have seen before, even if they do not remember seeing them LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS * Conscious level -Information about your environment you are currently aware of * Nonconscious level -body processes controlled by your mind that we are not usually aware of * Preconscious level -information about yourself or your environment that you are not currently thinking about * Subconscious level -information that we are not currently aware of but we know must exist due to behavior * Unconscious level -Psychoanalytic psychologists believe some events and feelings are unacceptable to our conscious mind and are repressed into the unconscious mind STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS A. SLEEP - a naturally recurring state characterized by reduced or absent consciousness, relatively suspended sensory activity, and inactivity of nearly all voluntary muscles -To psychologists, asleep as being unconscious is incorrect * SLEEP CYCLE...
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...Psychology, Unit 3 - Chapter 2: Consciousness Consciousness: being aware of external and internal stimuli at any given moment, which also gives a: * Sense of personal identity and individual way of perceiving the world. It can include your senses and * Perceptions of the world around you as well as memories, beliefs and attitudes Consciousness is also described to be: * Personal - it is subjective and your own perception of your internal world and the external world * Selective - you are able to limit and restrict your attention and channel your focus onto whatever * Continuous - there is never a break in your consciousness or a time where it is empty * Changing - your thoughts are constantly changing as they are easily influenced by external stimuli RENE DESCARTES - MIND & BODY ARE SEPARATE BUT INTERCONNECTED The mind-body problem debates whether the mind and body can interact, and how, or if there is even a ‘mind’ or ‘body’. Rene Descartes dualism theory states the two substances are distinct, as one is physical and one is non-physical. He believes they are able to interact through the pineal gland, which is the center of the brain (it was later discovered that’s actually where hormones are) and that the two substances can affect each other. He defined consciousness as ‘encompassing everything we are aware of, including our own existence’. It exists in the mind or ‘soul’, but also in our body because the soul does not occupy space. His quote...
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...After further investigation, there was a correlation found for the victims which was that they all at one point has used this same hypnotist. From Justen's report after the hypnosis started, the next thing he remembered was waking up to find the police arresting him. After presenting this information to the police, the police immediately began to try and track down this man, who they had come to find out was the owner of the gun used in the murders. After about a week of searching for the hypnotist to bring him in for an interrogation, it became more plausible that Justen was in an altered state of consciousness during the homicidal acts, from the hypnosis he had been put under. After an expert witness testified for the court, discussing two plausible hypnosis theories that may have played a part in this incident; neodissociation theory of hypnosis and the theory of dissociated control. After listening to the expert witness on hypnosis, the jury had a very large decision to make, some jurors still even denying the possibility of being...
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...alters a person’s state of consciousness, including depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens. Include in this explanation what happens to the neurotransmitters and body chemicals as well as how you might recognize whether a person at work or in your family is in an altered state of consciousness due to the influence of drugs. Depressants and Stimulants act 100% opposite of each other. Depressant actually slow down your brain function. Depressants such as Alcohol are used on a daily basis. Due to the impaired functions of the brain, depressants are used to help feel calm, reduce stress, and reduce anxiety. However due to the impaired functions it causes you to act unlike yourself and slower functioning make normal activities dangerous. Stimulants are completly opposite. Putting the mind on steroids in a way they make your body go into overdrive which could lead to helath issues. Due to the hyper activness your metabolism is increased and you consume fuel much faster. This can cause paranoia and anxiety, and in high enough doses even death. Hallucinogens are a total different story. As it is different for every person, every drug, and every dose. They affect the perception of the user, causing them to “trip”. As stated it affects the users perception of reality, the technical term being sensory hallucinations. · This question has five parts. One of the cornerstones of Freudian theory is the concept of the unconscious not to be confused with the state of being knocked...
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...the head and neck affecting the brain that results in a pathophysiological process altering function (McCrory et al., 2013). Altered brain functions experienced during a mild TBI may include neuro-cognitive impairments, disturbance of vision, and vestibular-cochlear disruptions. The altered brain functions experienced during a mild TBI often occur rapidly once initial impact is felt, and symptoms or impairments of neurological function return to normal within a few weeks of initial onset (Signorettic et al., 2011). This altered brain function is thought to be due in part...
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...ALTERED STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS: ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNES INTRODUCTION In an altered state of consciousness your level of awareness and the nature of your perceptions, thoughts and feelings are distinctly different from your state during ordinary waking consciousness. 1. Waking and Sleeping These two states which are so different are regularly experienced by everybody every day. Some people experience a pronounced hypnogogic state in between waking and sleeping and some people get vivid hallucinations during this state. 2. Dreaming Dreaming involves a state which is physiologically and psychologically different from deep sleep. Lucid dream is a still different mode of functioning where the dreamer has the awareness that he is dreaming. This state is said to be conducive for gaining insight into and awareness of the unconscious and is a technique in mystic training. 3. Hypnosis This state is characterized by increased suggestibility and surrender of one's will. HYPNOSIS Hypnosis is a mental state or imaginative role-enactment it is usually induced by a procedure known as a hypnotic induction, which is commonly composed of a long series of preliminary instructions and suggestions. Hypnotic suggestions may be delivered by a hypnotist in the presence of the subject, or may be self-administered ("self-suggestion" or "autosuggestion"). The use of hypnotism for therapeutic purposes is referred to as "hypnotherapy", while its use as a form of entertainment...
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...means the world to you. One is debilitated by its unwavering feeling of loneliness, and sometime paralyzing affects. It’s often said that depression results from a chemical imbalance, Scientist have believed for more than 30 years that mood related chemicals such as dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine also known as monoamines are low in the brain during major depressive episodes (Nauert, 2006). Clearly, there is an impact on the patient’s life and his/her family life. Therefore, depression is often considered as a disorder that affects the whole family. In this presentation we will attempt to describe the general behaviors associated with depression, explain how biological influences play a role in depression, describe how altered states of consciousness related to sleep, psychoactive drugs, or meditation and hypnosis affect individuals with the depression, describe how the...
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...What is Hypnotherapy? Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy. This essay will offer a definition of hypnotherapy and then proceed into a brief history of hypnosis. Afterwards, the aim is to describe what psychological and physical aspects appear within hypnosis including a few examples for illustration. The latter part of this essay will focus on the role of relaxation within hypnotherapy, finishing with an overall conclusion. To answer what is Hypnotherapy, firstly the term ‘hypnosis’ must be understood. Hypnosis is “a different state of consciousness which you can naturally enter so that, for therapeutic purposes (hypnotherapy), beneficial corrections may be given directly to your unconscious mind”, according to the BSCH at http://BSCH.org.uk/hypnotherapy.htm (2007). Therefore, Hypnotherapy appears to be the therapeutic work done between the client and the Hypnotherapist in order for advantageous changes to occur within the clients (unconscious) mind. Ancient history highlights Hypnosis used by the Egyptians through pictorial evidence of people standing over another making what is assumed hypnotic hand motions, but interpretation of such is difficult, (Waterfield 2004). Modern history starts with Franz Anton Mesmer’s (1733-1815) early notions on ‘universal gravitational fluid’ whereby the planets influence fluid inside the human body. Initial healing used magnets owing Mesmer to change his terminology...
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...role of relaxation is also pointed to. Hypnosis is a psychological phenomenon; a natural state of selective, focused attention, and even though it is natural, it remains one of the most fascinating phenomena of the human mind. There is much disagreement and misunderstanding on the subject and there are many different theories and definitions surrounding it. Before discussing the modern theory of hypnosis, it is important to understand where this phenomena has come from. Its earliest existence was found among shamans or witch doctors as they were more commonly known. Shaman would follow strict practices which allowed them to have a strong focus, and these were often accompanied with monotonous and rhythmic chants or drum beats for example. This allowed their subconscious mind to focus and seek out the soul of the patient to heal them. Mesmer (1733-1815) recognised this healing practice and incorporated into his theory of animal magnetism. He believed that a cosmic fluid existed in inanimate objects which was transferred into patients to heal them. Mesmer literally mesmerised his patients into the belief and expectation that they would be cured, and ‘Mesmerism’ was the beginning of what will later be referred to as hypnotic suggestion. During this same period, Puyseger noticed that his patients entered into a deep sleep as a result of being mesmerised. However, while in this state, patients could still communicate, and respond to the suggestions of the...
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...https://www2.palomar.edu/users/mhudelson/StudyGuides/GreekRoman_WA.htmlProf. Goux ART-5 1 June, 2015 The Mandala: A Comparison of Tibetan Buddhist and Native America Culture Early non-western thought often revolved around the concept of cyclical time. The circularity (a perfection that can never truly be attained in reality due the inevitable variation on the most infinitesimal level) was commonly represented in art and could often be intended to represent cyclical time or the cyclical nature of the world. Mandalas, which are literally translated as circles of essence, were used to represent a sense of order that seemed apparent in the universe at the time of ancient humans. Now, this thought should not be thought of as primitive, like most early western historians would inaccurately assume. The cyclical time and circular order of the universe seemed to be inherent in the common lives of early civilizations, and they simply applied their own form of logic to make predictions about the world around them. So, at its core, this can be considered quite advanced. The most renowned forms of mandalas are apparent in Hinduism and subsequently Buddhism; however, it is now clear that Native Americans also created such “mandalas” with similar social and religious applications. The Native American circles of essence were essentially medicine wheels (although many circular spiritual forms of art existed also). With this regard the Mandala will be related to the medicine wheel. In addition...
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