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| our awareness of ourselves and our enviornment |
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| degree of alertness reflecting whether a person is awake or asleep |
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| monitoring of information from the environment and from one's own thoughts |
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| a state of consciousness in which the eyes are closed and the person in unresponsive |
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| a state of minimal consciousness in which eyes might be open, but the person is unresponsive |
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| heightening awareness of the present moment |
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| the ability to focus awareness on specific features of environment while ignoring others |
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| the ability to maintain focused awareness on target or idea |
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| practices that ppl use to calm the mind, stabilize concentration, focus attention, and enhance awareness of the present moment |
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| quick movements of the eye that occur during sleep |
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| Beta, Alpha, Theta, Delta Waves (BATED) |
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| b4 sleep, drowsiness,stage one of sleep, stage 3 of sleep |
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Insomnia
Sleep apnea
Sleepwalking
Narcolepsy
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-difficulty sleeping
-activities during nonREM sleep that occur while one is awake
-sleep disorder excessive daytime sleepiness
-sleep difficulty sleeping 10 hours a day for 2 weeks or more |
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| images, thoughts, and feelings experienced during sleep |
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| state of ming that occurs naturally is established by instruction, focus attention, lack of voluntary control over behavior |
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| delay in reaction time when color of words on a text and their meaning differ |
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| a naturally occuring or synthesized substance that produces qualitative changes in conscious experience--depressants, stimulants, hallucigens |
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-Depressants
-Stimulants
-Hallucinogens |
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-Depressants-decrease central nervous system activity-alcohol, sedatives, opioids
-Stimulants-increase central nervous system activity-caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, amphetamines, ecstasy
-Hallucinogens-create altered sensations and perceptions-LSD and marijuana similar to endocannabinoids(pain relieving substances produced by body) |
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| response to elicited when a situation overwhelms a person's perceived an ability to meet the demands of a situation/events that trigger a stress response |
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| Primary/Secondary appraisal |
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| outcome of a situation means to us, outcome of the appraisal determine the emotional response/determine the resources we have available to cope with a given stress |
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| act of dealing w/ stress or emotions |
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| Problem focused/emotion focused |
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| addressed whats to change situation that called forth the stress/aimed at reducing the emotion distress or unpleasant experience created by a stressful situation |
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| way of coping w/stress through writing or talking about the sittuation |
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| the idea that emotional factors can lead to the occurence of worsening of illness |
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| the study of psychological factors related to health and illness |
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| Physiological reactivity model |
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| explanation for the casual role of stress-related bodily changes in illness |
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| explanation for illness or health that focuses on the role of behavior such as diet, exercise, and substance abuse |
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| the heart, blood, and all the blood vessels |
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| the science of how psychological factors relate to changes in the immune system |
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| any foreign substance that triggers an immune response |
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| Natural/Acquired/Cellular Immunity |
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Natural immunity- for of immunity that is the first response to antigens
Acquired immunity-immunity provided by antibodies or cells produces in the body response to specific antigens
Cellular immunity-the immune response that occurs when T cells fight antigens |
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| The Type A behavior pattern |
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| a way of responding to demanding situations w/hostility, time urgency, and competitiveness...predict later development of heart disease |
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| Cardiovascular reactivity model |
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| perspective understanding how hostility might increase risk for heart disease...increased anger increases hardened arteries causing coronary heart disease |
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Anorexia - an eating disorder which ppl cannot maintain 85% of their body weight for their height-distorted body image
Bulimia- an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and perceived lack of control during eating session |
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