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38 Cards in this Set
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Consciousness |
The state of awareness of your internal sensations You're knowledge of your thoughts and internal dialogue Your cognizance of yourself as separate from others Your understanding of your external environment |
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Selective Attention |
The ability to focus thought or perception while filtering extraneous stimulation |
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Inattentional blindness |
Failing to report an object clearly present in a scene |
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Change blindness |
A change occurs between two viewings of a scene, but it is not noticed |
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Dual Processing |
The ability to attend to and manage several stimuli at once. Some automatically and some intentionally in your awareness |
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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus |
A part of the hypothalamus that controls daily rhythms for sleep and wakefulness |
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Melatonin |
A hormone manufactured by the pineal gland that promotes sleepiness |
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Restorative theory of sleep |
The view that sleep is needed in order to maintain mental and physical operations |
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Adaptive theory of sleep |
Suggests that our sleep-wake patterns are shaped by an evolved biological process |
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Dyssomnia |
Insomnia Sleep apnea Narcolepsy |
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Parasomnias |
Tremors Nightmares Sleepwalking
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Acute insomnia |
Short-term inability to fall or stay asleep
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Primary insomnia |
Difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or waking up too early that is not associated with another medical or psychological condition |
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Secondary insomnia |
Lack of sleep associated with another medical or psychological condition |
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Continuous Positive airway pressure (CPAP) |
A device to treat sleep apnea |
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Narcolepspy |
A condition characterized by daytime sleepiness and sudden lapses into sleep during the day |
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Cataplexy |
An abrupt and temporary weakness often following a strong emotional experience |
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Hypnagogic Hallucinations |
Sensory experiences that occur between being awake and asleep |
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Hypocretin |
A hormone that is linked to wakefulness |
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Parasomnias |
Sleep paralysis REM sleep behavior disorder nREM sleep disorders: Sexsomnia sleep terrors sleepwalking/eating |
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Two main theories of the purpose of dreams |
Reflection of unconscious wishes Byproduct of mental housekeeping |
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Psychoanalytic Theory of Dreams |
Latent content: the true, underlying, undisguised meaning of a dream
Manifest content: the dream as the dreamer reports it
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Consolidation |
he stabilization of information in long-term memory through structural changes in the brain |
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Altered State of Consciousness Theory |
Hypnosis is a distinctive kind of consciousness and those who are hypnotized are in a unique kind of psychological trance |
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Dissociation theory |
the hypnotic state produces a split in consciousness and separates the executive control system from the rest of the brain |
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Neodissociation theory |
Hypnosis causes subjects to divide their consciousness voluntarily |
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Drug rebound effect |
A situation in which stopping the use of a drug can have the reverse effect of the action of the drug |
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Drug dependence |
A situation in which a person's drug use has led to distress or impairment including drug tolerance, withdrawal, and unsuccessful efforts to reduce drug use |
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Physical dependence |
A condition in which a drug must be taken continually to avoid withdrawal symptoms |
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Psychological dependence |
A situation in which a person's use of a substance leads to cravings, with distress and impairment in the absence of physiological dependence |
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Alcohol |
Associated with reduced inhibition, slurred speech, and impairments in balance |
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Barbiturates |
Reduce stress and induce sleep |
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Opiates |
Relieve pain and reduce the activity of the nervous system |
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Amphetamines |
Activate the central nervous system |
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Caffeine |
Increased central nervous system activity |
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Methamphetamine |
Associated with increased nervous system activity and elevated libido and self-esteem |
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Lysergic acid diethylaminde (LSD) |
A synthetic psychedelic hallucinogenic drug that produces altered states of consciousness |
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Ecstasy (MDMA) |
A stimulant-hallucinogenic drug that can induce euphoria and diminish anxiety |
