Crash Course #10

Dissociation

A splitting off of mental processes into two separate, simultaneous streams of awareness.

Tolerance

A progressive decrease in a person's responsiveness to a drug.

Hypnosis

- a calm like trans like state during which you tend to have heightened concentration and focus and in which you're more open to suggestion

Franz Anton Mesmer (1734-1815)

-Treated patients with hysteria using "animal magnetism" -Early practitioner of hypnosis

psychoactive drugs

Chemicals that affect the nervous system and result in altered consciousnes

Disinhibtor

Impairs your brains judgement areas while reducing your self-awareness and self-control.

3 types of drugs

depressants, stimulants, hallucinogens

Adapative Dissociative Capacity

dissociation has been described as a skill orcapacity to manipulate attention that requires a degree of mental agility