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18 Cards in this Set
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Alpha wave |
Large amplitude. Lower frequency. |
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Beta wave |
Short amplitude. High frequency. |
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Circadian rhythm |
“Body clock” |
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Consciousness |
Awareness of our own mental processes |
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Delta wave |
High amplitude. Low frequency. |
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Depressant |
Slow down body
Alcohol, barbiturates (trainquilizers) and opiates |
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Dissociation |
Disconnecting from thoughts, feelings, or identity |
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Hallucination |
Hypnagogic sensation sensory experience that occur without sensory stimulus |
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Hallucinogen |
Distort perceptions and can evoke hallucinations
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Hypnagogic sensations |
Sensory experience that occur without sensory stimulus |
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Hypnosis |
Social interaction which one person suggested to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behavior will spontaneously occur |
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Infradian rhythm |
Rhythm with a period longer than the period of a circadian rhythm
Period, breeding, etc |
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Insomnia |
Feeling of inadequate or poor quality sleep because trouble falling asleep/staying asleep |
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Latent content (freud) |
Hidden psychological meaning (of a dream) |
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Manifest content (Freud) |
Literal subject matter (of a dream)
ie you dreamt about eating pancakes with trump |
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Narcolepsy |
Excessive sleepiness typically associated with cataplexy and other REM-sleep phenomena |
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Night terror |
Nightmares before REM sleep Don’t remember the next morning |
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Sleep apnea |
Pauses in breathing or shallow deaths while you sleep |
