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| our awareness of ourselves and our environments. |
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| the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle. |
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| rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. |
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| the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state |
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| the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. |
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| according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream. Often incorporates experiences and preoccupations from the day's events. |
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| according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream. |
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| the tendency for REM sleep ton increase following REM sleep deprivation. |
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| supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis; induced by the hypnotist's suggestion |
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| a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is not longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors. |
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| a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others. |
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| Hilgard's term describing a hypnotized subject's awareness of experiences, such as pain, that go unreported during hypnosis. |
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| a chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood. |
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| drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions: alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates. |
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| drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions: caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, and cocaine. |
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| psychedelic ("mind manifesting") drugs, such as LSDD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input. |
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| drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment. |
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| opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temprorarily lessening pain and anxiety. |
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| drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes. |
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| a powerfull hallucinogenic drug; known as acid |
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| the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations. |
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| the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact. |
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| the presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing. |
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