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31 Cards in this Set
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A variety of beverages containing ethyl alcohol.
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Alcohol
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Periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning.
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Biological rhythms
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The hemp plant from which marijuana, hashish, and THC are derived
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Cannabis
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The 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species.
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Circadian rhythms
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One’s awareness of internal and external stimuli.
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Consciousness
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A splitting off of mental processes into two separate, simultaneous streams of awareness.
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Dissociation
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A device that records the contractions of the heart.
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Electrocardiograph (EKG)
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A device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain over time by means of recording electrodes attached to the surface of the scalp.
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Electroencephalograph (EEG)
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A device that records muscular activity and tension.
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Electromyograph (EMG)
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A device that records eye movements.
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Electrooculograph (EOG)
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A diverse group of drugs that have powerful effects on mental and emotional functioning, marked most prominently by distortions in sensory and perceptual experience.
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Hallucinogens
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A systematic procedure that typically produces a heightened state of suggestibility.
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Hypnosis
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Chronic problems in getting adequate sleep.
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Insomnia
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According to Freud, the hidden or disguised meaning of the events in a dream.
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Latent content
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According to Freud, the plot of a dream at a surface level.
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Manifest content
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A compound drug related to both amphetamines and hallucinogens, especially mescaline; commonly called “ecstasy.”
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MDMA
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A family of mental exercises in which a conscious attempt is made to focus attention in a nonanalytical way.
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Meditation
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A disease marked by sudden and irresistible onsets of sleep during normal waking periods.
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Narcolepsy
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Drugs derived from opium that are capable of relieving pain.
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Narcotics (opiates)
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Sleep stages 1 through 4, which are marked by an absence of rapid eye movements, relatively little dreaming, and varied EEG activity.
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Non-REM (NREM) sleep
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Drugs derived from opium that are capable of relieving pain.See also Narcotics.
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Opiates
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The condition that exists when a person must continue to take a drug to avoid withdrawal illness.
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Physical dependence
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Chemical substances that modify mental, emotional, or behavioral functioning.
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Psychoactive drugs
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The condition that exists when a person must continue to take a drug in order to satisfy intense mental and emotional craving for the drug.
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Psychological dependence
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A deep stage of sleep marked by rapid eye movements, high-frequency brain waves, and dreaming.
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REM sleep
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Sleep-inducing drugs that tend to decrease central nervous system activation and behavioral activity.
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Sedatives
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A sleep disorder characterized by frequent reflexive gasping for air that awakens the sleeper and disrupts sleep.
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Sleep apnea
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Sleep stages 3 and 4, during which low-frequency delta waves become prominent in EEG recordings.
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Slow-wave sleep
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Arising and walking about while remaining asleep; sleepwalking.
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Somnambulism
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Drugs that tend to increase central nervous system activation and behavioral activity.
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Stimulants
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A progressive decrease in a person’s responsiveness to a drug.
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Tolerance
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