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Unit Test Review

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Definition
Consciousness Part One   show
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Consciousness Part Two   show
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Circadian Rhythm Part One   show
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show This is influenced by light-sensitive retinal proteins that trigger signals to the suprachiasmatic nucleus.  
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Circadian Rhythm Example   show
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The Human Sleep Cycle   show
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show Light sleep. Muscle activity slows down. Occasional muscle twitching  
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show Breathing pattern and heart rate slows down. Slight decrease in body temperature  
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Stage 3 and Stage 4   show
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show Rapid eye movement. Brainwaves speed up and dreaming occurs. Muscles relax and heart rate increases. Breathing is rapid and shallow  
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Alpha waves   show
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Sleep Spindles   show
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show Are slow brain waves associated with deep sleep  
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Sleep-Talking   show
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show This occurs during Stage 1. The feeling of falling or floating  
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REM Sleep Increases   show
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REM Sleep (Paradoxical Sleep)   show
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Association with REM Sleep   show
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show Even if you don't think you dream, research suggests that you would report a vivid dream if awoken during REM Sleep  
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Sleep Patterns   show
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show Some people function well with fewer than 6 hours of sleep per night, while others need 9 or more hours. People in countries without electric lights generally sleep longer  
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Kahneman and Colleagues   show
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show Most likely to promote obesity  
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Sleep Deprivation   show
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show Have been found to increase after the spring change to daylight savings time and to decrease after the fall change back to standard time  
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Bats   show
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Comparison with 20 year old   show
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Deep sleep   show
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Slow Wave Sleep   show
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show Difficulty going to sleep and staying asleep. Relax and drink a glass of milk before bedtime. Do not drink alcohol before bedtime  
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Narcolepsy   show
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Sleep Apnea   show
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Night Terrors   show
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Manifest Content   show
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show Remember dreaming that you failed an important chemistry test  
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Latent Content   show
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Latent Content Example   show
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Content of Dreams   show
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Suffer Trauma   show
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show Anything that happens during this time period is typically lost from memory  
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show Evidence suggests that we do this of recent life events through REM sleep  
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Brain Activity Associated With REM Sleep   show
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Brain Activity Associated With REM Sleep Example   show
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Activation Synthesis Theory Part One   show
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Activation Synthesis Theory Part Two   show
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REM Sleep In Infants   show
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show Prior to age 9, children's dreams more like a slide show and less like an active story in which the dreamer is an actor as a result of their cognitive development  
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show The tendency for REM Sleep to increase following REM Sleep deprivation. Most mammals experience this which indicates that dreaming serves as a necessary biological function  
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show If participants of a sleep-research study are disturbed during REM sleep for three nights, when allowed to sleep undisturbed they will likely experience an increase in REM Sleep  
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Hypnosis Part One   show
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Hypnosis Part Two   show
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show In hypnotherapy, a process in which the patient moves their focus to memories of an earlier stage of life in order to explore their memories or get in touch with difficult to access aspects of personality  
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show Under hypnosis, encouraging a patient to vividly experience and describe the details of an argument he had with his father as a child.  
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show A suggestion made to a hypnotized person that specifies an action to be performed after awakening, often in response to a cue  
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show Just prior to awakening from a hypnotic state, a therapist suggesting that you will feel nauseous whenever you reach for a cigarette  
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show These people act as they believe children would, but outperform real children  
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Fact or Fiction   show
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Obesity   show
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show Research has indicated that hypnosis enables some people to undergo surgery with only this  
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show Hypnotic phenomena are regulated by normal conscious processes. Advocates of social influence theory argue that hypnotized people are simply enacting the role of good hypnotic subjects through conscious role playing  
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Social Influence Theory Example   show
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Divided Consciousness Theory   show
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Dissociation   show
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show According to this theory, hypnotized participants exhibit no pain when asked to lower arm in an ice bath because hypnosis dissociates the pain sensation from the emotional suffering people expect from pain.  
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A Unified Approach   show
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show People hypnotized for pain relief show activity in brain areas that receive pain sensations but not in brain areas that make us consciously aware of pain  
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Hypnosis Brain Activity Example   show
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show Chemical substances, such as alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine that alter perceptions and moods.  
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show The reduced effect of a drug resulting for its regular usage. It results in the need to take larger and larger doses of a drug in order to experience its effects  
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show A change in brain chemistry that offsets the effects of a drug psychoactive drug. As drug users experience this they demonstrate signs of tolerance  
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show The discomfort and distress that follow the discontinued use of certain drugs. Symptoms include: Physical pains and intense cravings  
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Depressents   show
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Alcohol   show
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show Prescribed as tranquilizers. Drugs such as Nembutal, Seconal, and Amytal are used to treat insomnia. Sodium Pentothal been called a "truth serum" because it relaxes people and enables them to more freely disclose personally embarrassing experiences  
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show When the brain is flooded with artificial opiates such as morphine and heroin, the brain stops producing endorphins. Effects include: Slowed breathing, constricted pupils, reduced and anxiety and feelings of blissful pleasure  
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Stimulants   show
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show When this is injected or snorted it produces a rush of euphoria that lasts 15 to 30 minutes by blocking the reuptake of dopamine. This is followed by a crash of agitated depression.  
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Effects of Cocaine   show
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show This can trigger 8 hours or so of heightened energy and euphoria. The British government classifies the highly addictive crystallized form of this one of the most dangerous drugs  
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show This is the most widely consumed psychoactive drugs. It most likely impairs peoples' ability to sleep  
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Nicotine   show
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show Is an amphetamine derivate that acts as mild hallucinogen  
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show The release of stored serotonin and the eventual damage of serotonin-producing damage  
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Ecstasy Effects   show
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show Is a psychedelic drug that produces hallucinations, fantastic images, and causes people feel to feel separated from their bodies  
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LSD Part Two   show
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THC   show
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Marijuana   show
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Studies of Marijuana   show
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Alcohol Dependence   show
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Alcohol Dependence Example   show
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show Suggests that an important factor on this by youth and young adults is feeling that one's life is meaningless  
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show Of an adolescent's pattern of drug usage is whether the adolescent has close friends who use drugs  
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Near-Death Experiences Part One   show
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show Oxygen Deprivation, just prior to death, turns off the brain's inhibitory cells and neural activity increases in the visual cortex  
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