PSYC 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Suggestibility, Mescaline, Hallucinogen
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Injecting melatonin hormone can help to readjust biological clocks artificially. Irregular and lack of sleep correlated with a number of health problems: both over and under sleeping exhibits increased mortality rates, sleep disorders (all except somnambulism result in daytime sleepiness) In hypersomnia, ho(cid:449) (cid:373)u(cid:272)h e(cid:448)e(cid:396) (cid:455)ou sleep, (cid:455)ou do(cid:374)(cid:859)t feel (cid:396)ef(cid:396)eshed. I(cid:374) narcolepsy you sleep for very short sudden amounts of time but you feel refreshed (but not for long): sleep apnea: According to earnst hilgard, hypnosis creates dissociation (splitting of awareness into 2 separate states of awareness. Drugs are chemical substances that modify mental, emotional and behavioural functioning. Accidents, overdose, can worsen insomnia with tolerance is built. Panic, anxiety, increased heart rate, blood pressure & restlessness, paranoia, increased urination. Insomnia, stroke, malnutrition, nasal damage, liver disease, overdose. Dilated pupils, nausea, impaired judge(cid:373)e(cid:374)t, a(cid:374)(cid:454)iet(cid:455), pa(cid:396)a(cid:374)oia (cid:894)(cid:862)bt(cid:863)) Heart-rate, bloodshot eyes, hunger, reduced short-term memory, sluggish motor coordination. Severely impaired coordination & mental functioning, urination,
