I. Waking Consciousness and Attention

A. Consciousness About Thought Processes

B. Mental Control

1. Thought Suppression

C. Attention

1. Divided Attention

2. Selective Attention

a) Dichotic Listening Task

b) Stroop Effect

3. Search

a) Preattentive Processing

b) Focused Attention

II. Sleeping and Dreaming

A. Circadian Rhythms - zeitgebers

1. Free-Running

2. Disrupted Circadian Rhythms

a) Shift Schedules

b) Jet Lag

B. Variations in Amount of Sleep

3. Conducting Sleep Research- The Five Stages of Sleep

1. Stage 1 - small, irregular waves, easily awakened

2. Stage 2 - spindles

3. Stage 3 - few delta waves, about 2/sec.

4. Stage 4 - delta waves, deep sleep

• 5. REM Sleep - Waves similar to Stage 1, rapid heart and
                respiration, genital arousal, dreaming.

D. Effects of Sleep Deprivation

E. Why do We Sleep?

1. The Restorative Function

2. The Adaptive Function

F. Sleep Disorders

1. Insomnia - Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining
          Sleep (DIMS)

a) Transient

b) Stress-conditioned or learned

c) Psychiatric

d) Physiological

e) Poor Sleep Habits

f) Subjective

2. Treating Insomnia

3. Disorders of Excessive Sleep

a) Sleep Apnea

G. Dreaming

1. The Content of Dreams

a) Nightmare

2. Why Do We Dream?

a) Neurocognitive Model

(1) Activation-synthesis hypothesis

(2) Updated with connectionist approach

III. Drugs That Influence Consciousness

A. Terms

1.  Psychoactive Drugs

2. Neurotransmitters

3.  Addiction

4. Tolerance

5. Withdrawal Symptoms

B. Psychoactive Drugs

1. Depressants - Valium, barbiturates, alcohol

a) Opiates

b) Endorphins

c) The Alcohol Problem

(1) Binge Drinking.

d) The Effects of Alcohol - Balanced Placebo Design

D.  Hallucinogens - 
     LSD,  PCP,
     marijuana

1. Hallucination

E. Psychoactive Drug Use

IV. Hypnosis and Mediation

A.  Meditation

B. Hypnosis

1. Specific Hypnotic Phenomena

a) Suggestibility

(1) Posthypnotic suggestion

(2) Posthypnotic amnesia

b) Perceptual Effects

(1) Positive Hallucinations

(2) Negative Hallucinations

c) Memory - confabulation

d) Age Regression

e) Past-life Regression

f) Hallucinations – positive and
     negative

g) Pain Perception

2. Theories of Hypnosis

a) Sociocognitive Perspective