Vocab for Chapter 7 Test
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| A. A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times.B. Psychedelic ("mind manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input.C. Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement.D. A psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions.E. A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood.F. A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during stage 4 sleep, within 2 or 3 hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered.G. A social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behavior will spontaneously occur.H. The major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations.I. A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and consequent momentary reawakenings.J. The presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing.K. The tendency for REM sleep to increase REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep).L. The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle.M. Drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions.N. 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.O. According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content). Freud believed that dream's latent content functions as a safety valve.P. Supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis; induced by the hypnotist's suggestion.Q. Opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety.R. False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus.S. Our awareness of ourselves and our enviroment.T. Periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness - as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation. |
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