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23 Cards in this Set
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waking consciousness
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state in which thoughts feelinhs and sensations are clear organized and the person feels alert
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circadian rthym
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cycle of bodily rthym which occurs every 24 hours
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microsleeps
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brief sidesteps into sleep only lasting a few secs
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adaptive theory
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theory os sleep proposing that animals and humans eloved sleeping patterns to avoid predators by sleeping when predators are most active
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Nrem
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any of the steages thatindicate a state of relaxation or light sleep
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alpha waves
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brain waves that indicate a state of relaxation or light sleep
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theta waves
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brain waves indicating the early stages of sleep
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delta waves
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long slow waves that indicate that deepest stage of sleep
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somnambulism
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sleepwalking
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rem rebound
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increased amouts of rem sleep after being deprived of rem sleep on earlier nights
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rem behavior disorder
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rare, mechanism that blocks the movement of the voluntary muscles fails, allowing the person tomthrash around and even get up and act out nigtmares
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sleep apena
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disorder, person stops breathing fo rnearly half a minute or more
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activation-synthesis hypothesis
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dreams are created by the higher cents of the cortex to explain the activiation by the brain stem of cortical cells during rem sleep
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activation information mode model AIM
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revised version of ase, dreams in which info that i s accessed during waking hours can have an influence on the synthesis of dreams
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social cognitive theory of hypnosis
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people hy. not in altered state but merely playing the role of what's expected
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psychoactive drugs
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alter thining, memory, and perception
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stimulants
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increase functioning of the nervous system
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psychogenic drugs
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incldues hallucinogens and m.
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amphetamines
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stimulants made in labs, not found in nature
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benzos
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durgs that lower anxiety adn reduce stress
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PCP
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synthesized drug, now an animal tranq., can cause s. d. n. h.
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mescaline
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peyote cactus buttons
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psilocybin
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mushrooms
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