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| A variety of beverages containing ethyl alcohol. |
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| Ascending reticular activating system (ARAS) |
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| The afferent fibers running through the reticular formation that influence physiological arousal. |
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| Periodic fluctuations in physiological functioning. |
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| The hemp plant from which marijuana, hashish, and THC are derived. |
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| The 24-hour biological cycles found in humans and many other species. |
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| A hypothetical process involving the gradual conversion of information into durable memory codes stored in long-term memory. |
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| A splitting off of mental processes into two separate, simultaneous streams of awareness. |
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Electroencephalograph
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| A device that monitors the electrical activity of the brain over time by means of recording electrodes attatched to the surface of the scalp. |
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| A device that records muscular activity and tension. |
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| A device that records eye movements. |
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| The entire family of internally produced chemicals that resemble opiates in structure and effects. |
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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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| A systematic procedure that typically produces a heightened state of suggestibility. |
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| Chronic problems in getting adequate sleep. |
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| According to Freud, the hidden or disguised meaning of the events in a dream. |
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| A relatively durable change in behavior or knowledge that is due to experience. |
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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 a vivid dream. |
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| According to Freud, the plot of a dream at a surface level. |
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| A compound drug related to both amphetamines and hallucinogens, especially mescaline; commonly called “ecstasy.“ |
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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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| A disease marked by sudden and irresistible onsets of sleep during normal waking periods. |
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| Drugs derived from opium that are capable of relieving pain. |
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| Abrupt awakenings from NREM sleep accompanied by intense autonomic arousal and feelings of panic. |
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| Anxiety-arousing dreams that lead to awakening, usually from REM sleep. |
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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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| The conditions that exists when a person must continue to take a drug to avoid to avoid withdrawal illness. |
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The fact that subjects' expectations can lead them to experience some change
even though they receive an empty, fake, or ineffectual treatment. |
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| Chemical substances that modify mental, emotional, or behavioral functioning. |
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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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| A deep stage of sleep marked by rapid eye movements, high-frequency brain waves, and dreaming. |
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| A process in which neurotransmitters are sponged up from the synaptic cleft by the presynaptic membrane. |
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| Sleep-inducing drugs that tend to decrease central nervous system activation and behavioral activity. |
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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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| 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 and wandering about while remaining asleep. |
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| Drugs that tend to increase central nervous system activation and behavioral activity. |
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| A progressive decrease in a person's responsiveness to a drug. |
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