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TermDefinition
consciousness our awareness of ourselves and our enviornment
conscious level the info about yourself and your enviornment
nonconscious level body processes controlled by your mind that we are not aware of
preconscious level info about yourself and enviornment that you are currently not thinking about
subconscious level info that we are not completely aware of by we know exists due to our behaviors
unconscious level reservior of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories in which we are ashamed of
nightmare a scary dream that wakes up the child
night terror a high arousal dream that terrifies a child due to the fact that it occurs in state four sleep
insomnia reoccuring difficulities either falling asleep or staying asleep
narcolepsy uncontrollable sleep attacks
sleep apnea temporary cessations of breathing during sleep
somnambulism sleep walking
dreams sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping persons mind
manifest content the story line of the dream
latent content the underlying meaning of the dream
hypnosis a social interaction in which one person suggests to another person that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur
psychoactive drugs a chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood
tolerance the diminishing effects with regular use of the same dose of a drug
withdrawal the discomfort and distress that follows discontinuing the use of an addictive drug
stimulants durgs that excite neural activity and speep up body functions
depressants drug that reduces neural activity and slows body functions
alcohol a depressant
hallucinogens psychedelic drug that distorts perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of a sensory input
opiates depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety
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