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25 Cards in this Set
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Awareness of things inside and outside ourselves
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Consiousness
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Focusing on a particular stimulus
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Selective Attention
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When ideas are not in your awareness right now but you could recall them if you had to
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Preconscious
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Unavailable to awareness under most circumstances
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Unconsious
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Where many of our biological functions exist
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Nonconscious
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In which a person's sense of self or sense of the world changes
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Altered States of Consciousness
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Biological clocks
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Circadian Rhythms
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When our eyes are moving rapidly under our eyelids in our sleep
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Rapid-Eye-Movement Sleep
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The inability to sleep
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Insomnia
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Similar to, but more severe than, nightmares
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Night Terrors
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Breathing interruption during sleep
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Sleep Apnea
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A rare sleep problem in which people suddenly fall asleep no matter what time it is or where they are
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Narcolepsy
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A method some people use to try to narrow their consciousness so that the stresses of the outside world fade away
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Meditation
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A system that provides, or "feeds back" information about something happening in the body.
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Biofeedback
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An altered state of consciousness during which people respond to suggestions and behave as though they are in a trance
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Hypnosis
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A technique where the therapist gives instructions during hypnosis that is to be carried out after the hypnosis session has ended
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Posthypnotic Suggestion
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Drugs that slow the activity of the nervous system
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Depressant
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Another word for drunkeness
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Intoxication
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Addictive depressants that have been used to relieve pain and induce sleep
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Narcotics
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Increase the activity of the nervous system
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Stimulants
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Another kind of stimulant known for helping people stay awake and reducing appetite
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Amphetamines
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A perception of an object or a sound that seems real but is not
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Hallucination
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A false idea that seems real
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Delusion
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A drug that produces hallucinations
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Hallucinogen
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The removal of the harmful substance from the body
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Detoxification
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