Warm Up

What is meant by “altered state of consciousness”?

___________ is characterized by suddenly falling asleep

_________ believed dreams shed light on thoughts an individual does not want to address while awake.

Biofeedback

Technique used to control your body’s functions

Such as.. Heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature

(autonomic or somatic system?!)

How? machine monitors functions to control

Biofeedback in Sports

Read the article with your 4 o clock appointment

In your notes answer the following..-What tools are used?-How can the athlete apply

biofeedback to improve performance?On a separate sheet of paper (1 paragraph)

-Everett is a football player who is having trouble when he begins to feel pressure during a game. How could he use biofeedback to overcome this?

Meditation

Focusing attention to clear one’s mind

RELAXATION!!!

Transcendental-Mindfulness-Breath-

Drugs and Consciousness

Psychoactive Drugs- Chemicals that affect the nervous system Altered consciousness Change mood, perception, and behavior

How drugs work- Page 198

1-First people introduce drugs into their systems through _______ that bring the drugs into contact with ______.2-Then drugs are gradually absorbed

into the ____.3-Next, acting as ______ they hook

onto the ______ of ______ and send out their own ________.

4-Result: __________________ Video

Looking at the effects…

Research time!

You may use bullet points!

If you have headphones: Google “Mice on Drugs”http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html

ANTI-DRUGS

Using information which you gathered, create an anti-drug advertisement

You can focus on one or all of the drugs… Should include negative effects on the nervous system

as well as behavior Grab the viewers attention- be creative! Must be accurate, and must be ANTI-drugs! include

the negative effects on the brain/behavior