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| State of drowsiness before falling asleep |
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| The pattern of activity and inactivity lasting approximately one day |
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| The combination of two images into one |
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| The phenomenon of seeing depth as a result of retinal disparity |
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| Visual perceptions that misrepresent physical stimuli |
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| The reflex eye movement evoked by overstimulation of the vestibular system |
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| Three semicircular canals located in the inner ear that provide the sense of balance |
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| CNS (Central Nervous System) |
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Brain and Spinal Cord
(CNS->PNS=Sensory) |
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| PNS (Peripheral Nervous System) |
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Peripheral Nerves
(PNS->CNS= Sensory) |
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Optic Nerve- Sight
Auditory Nerve- Sound
Olfactory Nerve- Smell and Taste |
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| 5 Processes by which the brain is studied |
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| Stimulation, lesions, recording, imaging, accidents |
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| Responsible for involuntary behaviors such as digestion and heartbeat |
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| The part of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movement of the skeletal muscles |
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| A perception which has no direct external cause |
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| The larger or stronger the stimulus, the larger the change required for the observer to notice that anything happened to it |
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| Organising bits and pieces of information into meaningful wholes (finding patterns in the floor/wallpaper) |
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| The minimum amount of energy required to produce a sensation about 50% of the time |
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| An altered state of conciousness in which people become highly suggestable |
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| 3 kinds of info sent to brain via skin receptors |
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| Temperature, pain and pressure |
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| Filling in the gaps in what our senses tell us |
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| The process of learning to control bodily states by monitoring them |
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| A systematic narrowing of attention on an image, thought, bodily process, or external object with the goal of clearing one's mind to create relaxation |
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| A suggestion made during hypnosis that influences the participant's behavior afterward |
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Lightest level of sleep- uneven breathing.
Brain waves irregular (Theta) |
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Shifts from high frequency, low amplitude waves to low frequency high amplitude waves.
Deeper than Stage I |
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30 Minutes after II,
Delta Waves every second or so |
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Deepest sleep
Long, regular Delta waves |
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| A stage of sleep characterised by rapid eye movements, and high level of brain activity, deep relaxation of muscles, and dreaming |
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| The perceiver drops certain details because they do not fit his or her schemas or assumptions |
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| The details of the story that are consistent with the values of and interests of the observer are emphasized or exaggerating |
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| Padding and organization are used to make the central theme fit the perceiver's expectations. The perceiver may change certain details (or simply the order of them) so that they make more sense |
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