Essays Tagged: "Altered state of consciousness"

States of Consciousness

ess. It's the power of understanding and reasoning both inductive and deductive also self choice.B. Altered States of Consciousness: There are many ways to alter states of consciousness these are just ... caused through trauma, resulting in a temporary mental escape from pain and fear of trauma.2. Drug-Altered Consciousness: Drugs affect the neurological bases of various psychological structures and s ...

(4 pages) 146 0 4.5 Mar/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

The Art Of Lucid Dreaming and Its Therapeuadic Qualities

to describe when a person is in the dream world, and consciously knows that they are dreaming. This altered state of consciousness allows a person to be free of mortal restrictions, and to experience ...

(5 pages) 40 0 4.6 Sep/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Oregon v Smith Supreme Court Ruling. Deals with the legality of the religious ingestion of peyote that is common amongst Native American tribes.

communicate with the Creator and obtain spiritual enlightenment. When ingested, peyote produces an altered state of consciousness that may cause users to experience a wide range of reactions, such as ... ere individuals were given unemployment benefits for jobs lost due to religious beliefs, completely altered the way that the courts would look at future cases that were concerned with such issues. Thu ...

(7 pages) 35 0 0.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Political Science > Specific Policies

Human Ability to alter states of consciousness Q. Humans have the ability to change their state of consciousness discuss the functional and dysfunctional consequences of this ability on behavior.

ts can be both a negative and a positive ability to have as a human being. Humans use their various altered states in a daily basis to get through life, from walking consciousness to sleep state to dr ... keep people from boredom, or even imagining alternative tasks to approach to tasks. Sleeping is an altered state of conscious, because most living organisms follow the circadian rhythm, a biological ...

(2 pages) 64 0 5.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Acting As If You Are Hypnotized

ion. Spanos claimed that there are two key aspects of hypnosis that lead people to believe it is an altered state of consciousness. One is that subjects view their behavior as being caused by somethin ...

(2 pages) 5307 0 3.0 Sep/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The value of therapeutic hypnosis

ions and memory. Gruzelier (2000) agrees that hypnosis is a context where suggestions may induce an altered state of brain functional organization through interpersonal and cultural cues, which may pr ... is a term that is often argued about between scholars. It is based on the idea that hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness, or it is not. Hasegawa and Jamieson (2002) point out that the discus ...

(24 pages) 96 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Alterity in Amazonian Anthropology

mological operator” or influence in Amazonian sociality (Viveiros de Castro 1996:190). He also states that the emphasis on the opposing social qualities of alterity and identity are central to Am ... heir use of perspectivism, he also referred to some instances concerning alterity. For instance, he states that among the Muinane, there is a common belief that babies are not born as persons and must ...

(6 pages) 16 0 3.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

PSYCHOLOGY NOTES

h a creative idea. Dreaming keeps our minds active while helping us cope, create, and fantasize. 4. Altered States of Consciousness  Altered states of consciousness are mental states that are ... es of consciousness are mental states that are noticeably different from normal awareness.  Altered states of consciousness can be brought about through drugs, trauma, fatigue, possibly hypnos ...

(16 pages) 1 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Social Science Essays