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Psychology
Final Review Part 3
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Psychology
12th Grade
12/12/2010

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Consciousness
Definition
A persons awarness of feelings,sensations, and thoughts at a given moment
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Daydreaming
Definition
A form of consciousness involving fantasies visually spontaneous that occurs when a person is awake
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Circadian Rythm
Definition
Internal biological that occur on a daily schedule
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Polysomnograph
Definition
Insturment that amplifies and records signals associated with biological changes taken during a night in a sleep labaratory
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REM Rebound
Definition
An increase in the typical amount of REM sleep following reduction of REM sleep owing to sleep deprivation or the use of certain drugs that reduce REM sleep
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Insomnia
Definition
Complaints of dificulty falling asleep, staying asleep, frequent awakenings or poor quality sleep
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Narcoplepsy
Definition
Sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and attack of muscle weakness (cataplexy) included by emotion, and hypnagognic hallucinations,the symptoms are due to the extersion of REM sleep due to waking time
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Sleepwalking
Definition
A parasomnia that occurs during STAGE 4 sleep usually in children, most often consists of sitting up in bed
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Sleep Apnea
Definition
Sleep disorder characterized by pauses in breath taking during sleep most prevelant in older, overweight men
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Enurisis
Definition
Bedwetting, a sleep disorder that occurs primarily in children
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Sleep terror
Definition
Partial awakening from Stage 4 sleep characterized by loud screams and extreme physiological arousal
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Nightmare
Definition
Frightening dream that usually awakens a sleeper from REM sleep occurs at it's highest rate in children ages 3-6
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Nightmare
Definition
Frightening dream that usually awakens a sleeper from REM sleep occurs at it's highest rate in children ages 3-6
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SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome)
Definition
The unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant up to age 1 that is not explained by autopsy, medical care information , or an investigation of the death scene.
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Dream
Definition
A succession of pre dominatly visual images expierenced during sleep
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Hypnosis
Definition
State of heightened suceptibility to suggestions
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Altered State of Conciousness
Definition
differed state of being
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Jet lag
Definition
Fatigue and sleep disturbance resulting from disruption of the body's normal circadian rythm as a result of jet travel
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What characterizes the different stages of our sleep?
Definition
Non-Rem sleep- sleep stages 1,2,3,4 NREM sleeps consists primarily of stages 3 and 4 (deep sleep)

REM- Sleep stage characterized by rapid-eye-moment, dreams, high level brain activity and muscle paralysis

Slow Wave Sleep-Deep sleep of NREM stages 3 and 4, characterized by delta waves
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How successful has hypnosis been in reducing pain as a medical treatment, improving memory recall, and allowing for age regression and changes in perception?
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