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| our awareness of ourselves and out environment |
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| Periodic psychological fluctuations. Annual, twenty-eight-day, and twenty-four-hour cycles |
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| The biological clock; regular body rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle |
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| sends signals to the pineal glands, receives information from the retinal proteins regarding light |
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| a sleep-inducing hormone, production of which is controlled by the pineal gland |
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| REM sleep/paradoxical sleep |
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| Stage of sleep in which the sympathetic nervous system experiences a state of arousal, with eyes twitching and the body effectively paralyzed |
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| relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state |
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| bursts of rapid, rhythmic brainwave activity during Stage 2 sleep |
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| EEG (Electroencephalography) |
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| the recording of electrical activity along the scalp produced by the firing of neurons within the brain. |
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| periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness |
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| false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus |
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| large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep (Stages 3 and 4) |
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| recurring problems in falling or staying asleep |
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| disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks; may lapse directly into REM sleep |
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| sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing; repeated momentary awakenings, linked to obesity |
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| sleepwalking. stage 3 or four |
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| disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; occur during stage 4 sleep |
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| A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind. Notable for images, discontinuity, incongruity |
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| Freud's idea- the remembered storyline of a dream, incorporating traces of experiences and preoccupations |
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| the underlying meaning of a dream. according to Freud, this functions as a "safety valve" |
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| you can fall straight into REM sleep |
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| A social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur |
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| made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized |
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| a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others |
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| Progenitor of Divided Consciousness theory- info processing divided into simultaneous conscious and subconscious realms |
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| chemical substances that alter perceptions and moods |
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| the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug's effect |
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| the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing use of an addictive drug |
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| the physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms |
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| a psychological need to use a drug |
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| compulsive drug craving and use |
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| drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions |
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| drugs that depress the activity of the CNS, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment. "tranquilizers" |
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| Opium and its derivatives; depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety |
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| Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions |
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| drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes |
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| a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the CNS, w/ sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes. appears to reduce overall depression levels |
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| a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen, produces euphoria and social intimacy but w/ short-term health risks and harm to serotonin-producing neurons |
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| psychedelic drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input |
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| LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide) |
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| Created by chemist Albert Hoffman, uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, blocks serotonin |
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| THC (delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol) |
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| Major active ingredient in marijuana; relaxes, disinhibits, may produce a euphoric high |
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| An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death, often similar to drug-induced hallucinations |
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| mind and body are two distinct entities that merely interact |
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| mind and body are different aspects of the same thing |
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| body processes controlled by your brain that we are not usually ever aware of |
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| info about yourself or your environment that you are currently not thinking about- but you COULD be |
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| info that we're not consciously aware of, but we know must exist due to our behavior (gut feelings) |
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| based on psychoanalytic theory, info that is unacceptable to our conscious mind and is therefore unavailable (repressions) |
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| controls release of the hormone melatonin |
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| an involuntary muscle spasm that occurs in the lightest stage of sleep |
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