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Chapter 3
Consciousness and the Two-Track Mind
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
05/08/2012

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paradoxical
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term for REM sleep reflecting that the body is aroused but the muscles are relaxed
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nicotene
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widely used stimulant that is inhaled
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delta
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brain wave that predominates in stage 4 sleep
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LSD
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powerful hallucinogen first used by Albert Hofmann
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serial
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type of processing that describes how we deal with conscious information
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spindle
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type of brain wave that occurs during stage 2 sleep
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hyponagogic
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stage 1 dream sensation similar to a hallucinogen
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barbiturates
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tranquilizers
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depressant
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drug category that includes alcohol
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alpha
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relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
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amphetamines
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drugs that "speed up" neural activity
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opiates
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drugs that depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain
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information processing
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theory suggesting that dreams help fix daily experiences in our memories
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alcohol
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drug that disrupts the processing of recent experiences into long-term memories
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dopamine
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neurotransmitter whose reuptake is blocked by cocaine
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dissociation
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divided consciousness (as during hypnosis)
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