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Alcohol

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A variety of beverages containing ethyl alcohol.

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Ascending reticular activating system

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The afferent fibers running through the reticular formation that influence physiological arousal.

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Biological rhythms

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Periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning.

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Bruxism

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teeth grinding

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Cannabis

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The hemp plant from which marijuana, hashish, and THC are derived.

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Dissociation

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A splitting off of mental processes into two separate, simultaneous streams of awareness.

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Electroencephalograph(EEG)

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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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Electromyograph(EMG)

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A device that records muscular activity and tension.

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Electro-oculograph(EOG)

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A device that records eye movements.

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Hallucinogens

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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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Hypnosis

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A systematic procedure that typically produces a heightened state of suggestibility.

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Insomnia

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Chronic problems in getting adequate sleep.

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Latent content

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According to Freud, the hidden or disguised meaning of the events in a dream.

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Lucid dreams

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Dreams in which people can think clearly about the circumstances of waking life and the fact that they are dreaming, yet they remain asleep in the midst of the vivid dream.

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Manifest content

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According to Freud, the plot of a dream at a surface level.

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MDMA

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A compound drug related to both amphetamines and hallucinogens, especially mescaline; commonly called "ecstasy".

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Meditation

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A family of mental exercises in which a conscious attempt is made to focus attention in a non analytical way.

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Narcolepsy

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A disease marked by sudden and irresistible onsets of sleep during normal waking periods.

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Narcotics

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Drugs derived from opium that are capable of relieving pain.

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Night terrors

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Abrupt awakenings from non-REM sleep accompanied by intense autonomic arousal and feelings of panic.

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Nightmares

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Anxiety-arousing dreams that lead to awakening, usually from REM sleep.

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Non-REM sleep (NREM)

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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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Opiates

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Drugs derived from opium that are capable of relieving pain.

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Physical dependence

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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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Psychoactive drugs

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Chemical substances that modify mental, emotional, or behavioral functioning.

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Psychological dependence

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The condition that exists when a person must continue to take a drug in order to satisfy intense mental or emotional cravings for the drug.

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REM sleep

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A deep stage of sleep marked by rapid eye movements, high-frequency brain waves, and dreaming.

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Sedatives

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Sleep inducing drugs that tend to decrease central nervous system activation and behavioral activity.

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Sleep apnea

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A sleep disorder characterized by frequent reflexive gasping for air that awakens a person and disrupts sleep.

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Slow-wave sleep (SWS)

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Sleep stages 3 and 4, during which low-frequency delta waves become prominent in EEG recordings.

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Somnambulism(sleepwalking)

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Arising ans wandering about while remaining asleep.

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Simulants

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Drugs that tend to increase central nervous system activation and behavioral activity.

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Rosalind Cartwright

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Created cognitive problem solving theory of dreams in , which dreams exist to allow creative thinking and problem solving, connected with wakefulness and sleep.

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Sigmund Freud

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Focused on psychoanalysis of the unconscious mind. used free association, dreams, hypnosis in his studies.

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Ernest Hilgard

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Focused on hypnotic pain control, creates and altered state of mind. hypnotic dissociation, hidden observer.

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William James

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Creator of functionalism, "conscious mind is like a river," focused on how the mind relates to behavior (function of the brain).

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Calvin Hall

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Made contributions to the study of temperament and behavior genetics.

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J. Allan Hobson

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Studied how the brain works while sleeping and waking.