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Intro to Psyc
Intro to Psychology, Chapter 5 vocab, part one- first 16 words.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Consciousness | Awareness of oneself and one's environment. Being Awake. |
| Selective Attention | The focusing of attention on a particular stimulus. |
| Preconscious | Descriptive of information that is not conscious but is retrievable into conscious awareness. Before being aware. |
| Unconscious | A reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories of which we are unaware, but which influences our behavior. Not aware. |
| Nonconscious | Descriptive bodily processes, such as hair growth, of which we are not aware. Completely unaware. |
| Altered State of Consciousness | A type of consciousness other than normal waking consciousness. |
| Circadian Rhythm | A regular sequence of biological processes, such as temperature and sleep, that occurs every 24 hours. |
| Rapid-Eye-Movement Sleep | A stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and linked to dreaming; also called REM sleep. |
| Insomnia | A sleep disorder characterized by recurring problems in falling asleep or staying asleep. |
| Night Terror | A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and apparent terror; unlike nightmares, this sleep disorder is seldom remembered. |
| Sleep Apnea | A sleep disorder in which breathing is interrupted. |
| Narcolepsy | An uncommon sleep disorder characterized by brief attacks of REM sleep, often at inopportune moments. |
| Meditation | A systematic narrowing of attention that slows the metabolism and helps produce feelings of relaxation. |
| Biofeedback | A system for monitoring and feeding back information about certain biological processes, such as blood pressure. |
| Hypnosis | A condition in which people appear to be highly suggestible and to behave as if they are in a trance. |
| Posthypnotic | Suggestion instructions given to a person under hypnosis that are supposed to be carried out after the hypnosis session has ended. |