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36 Cards in this Set
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Consciousness - Our awareness of ourselves and our environment |
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Circadian Rhythm - The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (temperature,wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle |
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REM Sleep - Rapid eye movement sleep; recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur |
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Alpha Waves - Relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state |
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Sleep - Periodic, natural loss of consciousness |
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Hallucinations - False sensory experiences, like seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus |
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Delta Waves - Large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep |
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NREM Sleep - Non-rapid eye movement sleep, encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep |
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Insomnia - Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep |
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Narcolepsy - Sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks, could possibly lapse into REM sleep at inopportune times |
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Sleep Apnea - Sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings |
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Night Terrors - Sleep Disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; occur during Stage 4; not usually remembered |
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Dream - Sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind |
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Manifest Content - Freud, the remembered storyline of a dream |
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Latent Content - Freud, underlying meaning of a dream |
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REM Rebound - Tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (repeated awakenings during REM sleep) |
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Hypnosis - Social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will simultaneously occur |
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Posthypnotic Suggestion - Suggestion made during hypnotic session to be carried out after the subject is not hypnotized |
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Dissociation - Split in consciousness, allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others |
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Psychoactive Drug - Chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods |
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Tolerance - Diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, user is required to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug's effect |
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Withdrawal - Discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug |
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Physical Dependence - Physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued |
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Psychological Dependence - Psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions |
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Addiction - Compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences |
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Depressants - Drugs (alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions |
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Barbiturates - Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment |
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Opiates - Opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, which temporarily lesson pain and anxiety |
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Stimulants - Drugs (caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine, ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up bodily functions |
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Amphetamines - Drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing sped-up bodily functions and associated energy/mood changes |
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Methamphetamine - Powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with sped-up bodily functions and associated energy/mood changes; reduces baseline dopamine levels over time |
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Ecstasy (MDMA) - Synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen; produces euphoria and social intimacy with short-term health risks and long-term harm to serotonin-producing neurons |
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Hallucinogens - Psychedelic drugs (LSD) that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input |
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LSD - Powerful hallucinogenic drug (aka Acid) |
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Near-Death Experience - Altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death |
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THC - Major active ingredient in marijuana, triggers variety effect; even mild hallucinations |
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