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