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| The awareness of oneself and the environment. |
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| A periodic, more or less regular fluctuation in a biological system. |
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| Generated from within rather than by external cues. |
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| A biological rhythm with a period of about 24 hours. |
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| An area of the brain containing a biological clock that governs circadian rhythms. |
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| Internal Desynchronization |
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| A state in which biological rhythms are not in phase with one another. |
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| A hormone secreted by the penal gland; it is involved in the regulation of circadian rhythms. |
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| Seasonal Affective Disorder |
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| A controversial disorder in which a person experiences depression during the winter and an improvement in mood in the spring. |
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| Inability to sleep at night. |
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| A disorder in which breathing briefly stops during sleep, causing the person to choke and gasp, and momentarily awaken. |
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| A sleep disorder involving sudden and unpredictable daytime attacks of sleepiness or actual sleep. |
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| REM (Rapid Eye Movement sleep) |
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| Sleep periods characterized by eye movement, loss of muscle tone, and dreaming. |
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| A dream in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming. |
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| The unconscious thoughts and wishes being expressed symbolically. |
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| Aspects of a dream we consciously experience during sleep and may remember upon waking. |
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| Problem focused approach to dreaming |
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| The symbols and metaphors in a dream do not disguise its true meaning; they convey it. |
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| Activation Synthesis Theory |
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| The theory that dreaming results from the cortical synthesis and interpretation of neural signals triggered by activity in the lower part of the brain. |
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| A procedure in which the practitioner suggests changes in the sensations, perceptions, thoughts, feelings, or behavior of the subject. |
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1) Hypnotic responsiveness depends more on the efforts and qualities of the person being hypnotized than on the skill of the hypnotist.
2) Hypnotized people cannot be forced to do things against their will.
3) Feats performed under hypnosis can be performed by motivated people without hypnosis.
4) Hypnosis does not increase the accuracy of memory.
5) Hypnosis does not produce a literal reexperiencing of long ago events.
6) Hypnotic suggestions have been used effectively for many medical and psychological purposes. |
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| A split in consciousness in which one part of the mind operates independently of others. |
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| Watching but not participating. |
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| Sociocognitive explanation of hypnosis |
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| Holds that the effects of hypnosis result from an interaction between the social influence of the hypnotist and the abilities, beliefs, and expectations of the subject. |
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| Drugs that speed up activity in the central nervous system. |
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| A drug capable of influencing perception, mood, cognition, or behavior. |
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| Drugs that slow down activity in the central nervous system. |
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| Drugs, derived from the opium poppy that relieve pain and commonly produce euphoria. |
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| Consciousness-altering drugs that produce hallucinations, change thought processes, or disrupt normal perception of time and space. |
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| Increased resistance to a drug's effects accompanying continued use. |
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| Physical and psychological symptoms that occur when someone addicted to a drug stops taking it. |
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| 'Men behaved more belligerently when they thought they were drinking vodka than when they thought they were drinking plain tonic water, regardless of the actual content of the drinks. And both sexes reported feeling sexually aroused when they thought they were drinking vodka, whether they actually got vodka or not.' |
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