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consciousness
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our awareness of ourselves and our environment
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biological rythms
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periodic physiological fluctuations
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circadian rhythm
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the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle
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REM sleep
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rapid eye movement sleep- a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. aka as paradoxical sleep, the muscles are relaxed but other body systems are active
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alpha waves
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relatively slow, of relaxed awake state
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sleep
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periodic natural, reversible loss of consciousness
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hallucinations
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false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
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sleep spindles
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stage 2, bursts of rapid, rhythmic brainwave activity
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delta waves
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stage 4, lage slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
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**Conscious processing is to serial processing as subconscious processing is to parallel processing
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bloop
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3 reasons for sleep
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protects, helps recuperate, place role in growth process
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insomnia
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recurring problems in falling or staying asleep
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narcolepsy
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uncontrollable sleep attacks. cause: relative absece of a hypothallamic neural center tha produces a neuro transmitter called hypocretin
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sleep apnea
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temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and consequent momentary reawakening. like snoring/ choking weird
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night terrors
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high arousal and an appearance of being terrified, occur during stage 4 sleep
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dreams
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a sequence of images emotions and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind.
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manifest content
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according to freud, the rememebered storyline of a dream
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latent content
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the underlying meaning of a dream
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REM rebound
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tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation
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hypnosis
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a social interaction in which one person suggest to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur
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post hypnotic suggestions
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suggestion made during hypnosis session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized
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dissociation
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a split in consciousness which allows same thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others
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divided conscious theory
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hypnosis has caused a split in awareness
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social influence theory
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the subject is so caught up in the hypnotized role that she ignored the odor
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hidden observer
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describing a hypnotized subject's awareness of experiences, such as pain, that go unreported during hypnosis
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psychoactive drug
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a chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood
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physical dependence
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a physiological need for a drug marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued
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psychological dependence
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psychological need to use a drug
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