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AP Psych Ch. 7 Vocab
States of Consciousness - AP Psychology, Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Biological rhythms | Cycles of biological functions |
| Circadian rhythms | The biological cycle of functions that coincide with the 24-hour day |
| Melatonin (suprachiasmatic nucleus) | A sleep-inducing hormone |
| REM sleep | Rapid eye movement sleep, period of sleep in which vivid dreams occur |
| Alpha waves | Slow waves of relaxed awakeness |
| Beta waves | Faster waves of awakeness that occur when engaged in cognitive tasks |
| Delta waves | Large, slow waves of deep sleep |
| Insomnia | Persistent problems in falling or staying asleep |
| Narcolepsy | A disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks causing people to lapse directly into REM sleep |
| Sleep apnea | Temporary cessations of breathing and repeated momentary awakenings |
| Night terrors | Cause high arousal and the appearance of being terrified, occur during Stage 4 sleep |
| Manifest content | According to Freud, the remembered storyline of a dream |
| Latent content | According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream |
| Hypnosis | A process in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur |
| Posthypnotic suggestion | A suggestion made during a hypnotic session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized |