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AP Psychology
Chapter 3 vocab review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Our awareness of ourselves and our environment | Consciousness |
| the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition | Cognitive neuroscience |
| the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks | dual processing |
| the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus | selective attention |
| failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere | inattentional blindness |
| failing to notice changes in the environment | change blindness |
| the biological clock | circadian |
| rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur | REM sleep |
| the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state | alpha waves |
| periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness-as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma | sleep |
| false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus | hallucinations |
| the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep | delta waves |
| recurring problems in falling or staying asleep | insomnia |
| a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks | narcolepsy |
| a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings | sleep apnea |
| a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified | night terrors |
| a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind | dream |
| the remembered story line of a dream | manifest content |
| the underlying meaning of a dream | latent content |
| the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation | REM rebound |
| a social interaction in which one person suggest to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur | hypnosis |
| a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized | posthypnotic suggestion |
| a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others | dissociation |
| a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods | psychoactive drug |
| 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 | tolerance |
| the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug | withdrawal |
| a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued | physical dependence |
| compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences | addiction |
| drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions | depressants |
| drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment | barbiturates |
| opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety | opiates |
| drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions | stimulants |
| drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes | amphetamines |
| a pwerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes | methamphetamine |
| a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen | ecstasy (MDMA) |
| psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input | hallucinogens |
| a powerful hallucinogenic drug | LSD |
| the major active ingredient in marijuana | THC |
| an altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death | near-death experience |
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