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Myers 7th Edition - Chapter 07 Vocabulary

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TERM
DEFINITION
Consciousness   show
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Biological Rhythms   show
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Circadian   show
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show Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed (except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active.  
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show The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state.  
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Sleep   show
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Hallucinations   show
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show The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep.  
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show Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep.  
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Narcolepsy   show
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Sleep apnea   show
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Night terrors   show
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show A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind. Dreams are notable for their hallucinatory imagery, discountinuities, and incongruities, and for the dreamer's delusional acceptance of the content and later  
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show difficulties remembering it.  
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Manifest content   show
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Latent content   show
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REM rebound   show
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show A social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behavior will spontaneously occur.  
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show Supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis; induced by the hypnotist's suggestion.  
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show A suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by clinicians to help control undesired symptomsand behaviors.  
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show A split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others.  
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show Hilgard's term describing a hypnotized subject's awareness of experiences, such as pain, that go unreported during hypnosis.  
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Psychoactive drug   show
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show The diminishing effect with regulare use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug's effect.  
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show The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug.  
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show a Physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued.  
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show A psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions.  
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show Drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.  
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Stimulants   show
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Hallucinogens   show
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Barbiturates   show
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show Opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety.  
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Amphetamines   show
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Ectasy (MDMA)   show
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LSD   show
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show The major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations.  
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show An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death (such as through cardiac arrest); often similar to drug-induced hallucinations.  
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Dualism   show
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Monism   show
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