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Subjective Night
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The time during a 24 hour period when the biological clock i telling a person to go to sleep
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Circadian Theory of Sleep
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The theory that sleep evolved to keep humans out of harm's way during the night; also known as the evolutionary or adaptive theory.
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Sleep Cycle
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A period of sleep lasting about 90 minutes and including one or more stages of NREM sleep, followed  by REM sleep
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REM
Definition

Rapid Eye Movement

type of sleep. paralysis fast and inrregular heart and respiration rates

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REM Rebound
Definition
The increased amount of REM sleep that occurs after REM deprivation
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NREM
Definition

non-REM

4stages

slow regular breathing and heart rate, little body movements and blood pressure and brain activity are at its lowest points 

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NREM STAGE ONE
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Irregular waves
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NREM STAGE TWO
Definition
sleep spindles
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NREM STAGE THREE
Definition
Delta waves appear
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NREM STAGE FOUR
Definition
Delta wave
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narcolepsy
Definition
An incurable sleep disorder characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness and uncontrollable attacks of REM sleep
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evolutionary theory of dreaming

 

Definition
the view that vivid REM dreaming enable people to rehearse the skills needed to fend off threats and predators
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sociocognitive theory of hypnosis
Definition
theory suggesting that the behavior of a hypnotized person is a function of that person's expectations about how subjects behave under hypnosis
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theory of dissociated control
Definition
the theory that hypnosis weakens the control that the executive function exerts over other subsystems of consciousness
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psychoactive drug
Definition
any sbstance that alters mood perception or thought; called a controlled substance if approved for medical use
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physical drug dependence
Definition
a compulsive pattern of drug use in which the user develops a drug tolerance couples with unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug use is discontinued
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drug tolerance
Definition
a condition in which the user becomes progressively less affected by the drug and must take increasingly large dises to maintain the same effect or high
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substance abuse
Definition
continued use of a substance after episodes in which use of teh substance has negatively affected an individual's work, education and social relationship
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psycchological drug dependence
Definition
a craving or irresistible urge for a drug's pleasurable effects
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withdrawal symptoms 

and 

effects

Definition

when a durg is discontinued

fever, pain, headachs, depressed, exhausted

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3 levels of abuse
Definition
  1. related - tried it once
  2. abuse - doing it more offten and liking it
  3. addicted - dependent on it 
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S.T.P.
Definition
Serenity Tranquility Peace
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psychological drug depedence
Definition
a craving or irresistible urge for a drug's pleasurable effects
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stimulants
Definition
a category of drugs that speed uo activity in the central nervous system
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depressants
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a category of drugs that decrease activity in yhe cenral nervous system
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narcotics
Definition
a class of depressant drugs derived from the opium poppy that produce both painrelieving and calming effects
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hallucinogens
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LSD
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designer drus
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