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u5 vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and our environment |
| hypnosis | a social interaction in which on person responds to another person’s suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behavior will spontaneously occur |
| post-thypnotic suggestion | a suggestion made during a hypnosis session, to be carries out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; control undesired symptoms and behaviors |
| dissociation | a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously w/ others |
| circadian rhythm | biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (temp and wakefulness) that occue on a 24 hr cycle |
| REM sleep | rapid eye movement sleep, a reoccuring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur; paradoxical sleep, muscles are relaxed, other body systems are active |
| alpha waves | relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state |
| sleep | periodic, natural loss of consciousness resulting from a coma, general aesthesia or hibernation |
| hallucinations | false sensory experiences, such as seeing seomthing in the abscence of an external visual stimulus |
| delta waves | the large, slow brain waves associated w/ deep sleep |
| NREM sleep | non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep |
| suprochiasmatic nucleus (SCN) | a pair of cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls circadian rythmn- in response to light, SCN causes pineal gland to adjust melationin production-sleepiness |
| insomnia | reoccuring problems in falling or staying asleep |
| narcolepsy | a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks, sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inoppropriate times |
| sleep apnea | a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings |
| night terrors | a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified, unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during NREM-3 sleep, within 2-3 hours |
| dream | sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind, hallucinatory imagery, dicontinuities, and incongruities for the dreamer's delusional acceptance at the content |
| 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 (as distinct from its manifest content) |
| RED rebound | tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep) |
| substance use disorder | continued substance craving and use despite significant life disruption and/ or physical risk |
| psych active drug | chemical substance that alters pereceptions and moods |
| tolerance | dimishing effect w/ regular use of the same dose of a drug requiring the user to take larger doses |
| addiction | compulsive craving of drugs or certain behaviors (gambling) despite known adverse consequences |
| withdrawl | discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing an addicitive drug or behavior |
| depressants | drugs (such as alcohol, barbituates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions |
| alcohol-use disorder | alcohol use marked by tolerance, withdrawl, and a drive to continue problematic use |
| barbiturates | drugs that depress CNS activity, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement |
| opiates | opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity; temporarily lessening pain and anxiety |
| stimulants | drugs (caffeine, nicotine, and more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, ectasy, and methamphetamine) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions |
| amphetamines | drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes |
| nicotine | a stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco |
| methamphetamine | powerful and addictive drug that stimulates the CNS with speeded-up body functions and mood changes- reduce baseline dopamine levels |
| ectasy (MDMA) | synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen- produces euphoria and social intimacy, but w/ short-term health risks and longer-term harm to serotonin, mood, and cognition |
| hallucinogens | psychedelic drugs (LSD) that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input |
| LSD | powerful hallucinogenic drug, known as acid |
| near-death experience | an altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush w/ death, similar to drug-induced hallucinations |
| THC | major active ingredient in marijuana, triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations |
| cocaine | powerful and addictive stimulant, derived from the voca plant, providing temporarily increased alertness and euphoria |
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