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22 Cards in this Set
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Consciousness |
Your awareness of everything that is going on around you and inside your own head at any given moment |
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Waking consciousness |
A state in which thoughts,feelings, and sensations are clear and organized, and you feel alert |
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Altered states of consciousness |
Occurs when there is a shift in the in the quality or pattern of your mental activity |
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Sleep |
The gentle tyrant |
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Circadian rhythm |
Sleep-wake cycle |
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus |
Influenced the release of melatonin ; internal clock |
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Microsleeps |
Brief sidesteps into sleep lasting only seconds |
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The adaptive theory of sleep |
Sleep is a product of evolution. It proposes that animals and humans evolved being present during predators' normal hunting times, which typically would be at night |
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The restorative theory of sleep |
States that sleep is necessary to the physical health of the body |
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Rapid eye movement |
A psychologically active type of sleep when most of the person's dreaming takes place |
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Non-rapid eye movement |
Sleep spans from lighter stages to a much deeper, restful ko d of sleep |
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REM behavior disorder |
A rare disorder in which the brain mechanisms that normally inhibit the voluntary muscles fail, allowing the person thrash around and even get up and act out nightmares |
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Night terrors |
An essentially state of panic while sound asleep |
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Sleep apnea |
Is a chronic condition that disrupts sleep. A type of heavy snoring in which the person stops breathing for 10 seconds or more. |
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Narcolepsy |
A kind of sleep seizure |
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Manifest content |
The actual dream itself |
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Latent content |
True meaning of a dream was hidden , and only expressed in symbols |
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The brain and activation synthesis theory |
The pons in the brainstream sends random signal to the upper part of the brain during REM sleep |
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Hypnosis |
A state of consiousness in which a person is susceptible to suggestion |
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Stimulants |
Have the capability to improve performance on many tasks as well as in keeping someone awake in a period of time which will then be followed by depression |
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Depressants |
Have the capability to reduce the activity of the central nervous system. It slows down reactions and reduces the strength of response |
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Hallucinogens |
Cause the brain to alter its interpretation of sensations and can produce sensory distortions |
