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Module 22
AP Psychology notes and review
Term | Definition |
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Consciouness | Our awareness of ourselves & our environment |
Hypnosis | A social interaction in which one person (the subject) responds to another person's (the hypnotist) suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur |
Dissociation | A split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts & behaviors to occur simultaneously with others |
Circadian Rhythm | The biological clock: regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle |
REM(Paradoxical) Sleep | Rapid eye movement sleep; a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur, Paradoxical- the muscles are relaxed, but other body systems are active |
Alpha Waves | The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state |
Sleep | Periodic, natural loss of consciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation |
Hallucinations | False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus |
Sleep Spindles | Bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain wave activity |
Delta Waves | The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep |
NREM-1 Sleep | Hallucinations |
NREM-2 Sleep | Sleep spindles, can be easily awakened |
NREM-3 Sleep | Delta waves, deep sleep, hard to awaken |
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) | A pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls circadian rhythm. In response to light, the SCN causes the pineal gland to adjust melatonin production, thus modifying our feelings of sleepiness |
Ghrelin | Hunger arousing hormone |
Leptin | Hunger suppressor |
Coritsol | Stress hormone that stimulates the body to make fat |
Insomnia | Recurring problems in falling/staying asleep |
Narcolepsy | A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. They sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times |
Sleep Apnea | Asleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep & repeated momentary awakenings |
Night Terrors | A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal & an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during NREM-3 sleep, within 2/3 hours of falling asleep, & are seldom remembered |
Dream | A sequence of images, emotions & thoughts passing through a sleeping persons mind Dreams are notable for their hallucinatory imagery, discontinuities, & incongruities, & for the dreamers |
Manifest Content | According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream (as distinct from its latent, or hidden, content) |
Latent Content | According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream |
REM Rebound | The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation during REM sleep |