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Psych 100 Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| consciousness | one's subjective experience of the world, resulting from brain activity |
| split brain | a condition in which the corpus callosum is surgically cut and the two hemispheres of the brain do not recieve info directly from each other |
| Freudian slip | classic mistake; unconscious thought is suddenly expressed at an inappropriate time or in an inappropriate social context |
| circadian rhythms | the regulation of biological cycles into regular patterns |
| REM sleep/ paradoxical sleep | the stage of sleep marked by rapid eye movenment, dreaming, and paralysis of motor systems |
| insomnia | a disorder characterized by an inability to sleep |
| obstructive sleep apnea | a disorder in which a person, while asleep, stops breathing b/c his/her throat closes; the condition results in frequent awakenings during the night |
| narolepsy | a sleep disorder in which people experience excessive sleepiness during the normal waking hours, sometimes going limp and collapsing |
| circadian rhythm theory | proposes that sleep has evolved to keep animals quiet and inactive during times of the day when there is greatest danger, usually when it is dark |
| dreams |
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