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| A concept requiring a belief in something that cannot be seen or touched but that seems to exist. |
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| The awareness of, or the possibility of knowing, what is happening inside or outside the organism. |
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| unconsciousness just below our present awareness. |
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| Thoughts or desires about which we can have no direct knowledge. |
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| the study of forces that control the body at different times of the day, month, or year. |
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| Internal chemical units that control regular cycles in parts of the body. WE ARE ACTUALLY ON A 25 HOUR SYSTEM. |
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| Cycles set up by biological clocks that are under their own control, ignoring the environment. (Internal temperature, kidneys) |
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| The process of altering the free-running cycle to fit a different rhythm. |
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| Sequences of behavioral changes that occur every 24 hours. |
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| Relaxed sleep just before we fall asleep. |
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| Rapid eye movement sleep when we dream. Stage 1 of sleep, a light sleep. |
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| Rapid brain waves; appear when a person is awake. |
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| Stage 1, fairly relaxed brain waves occurring just before going to sleep. |
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| Slow, lazy, deep-sleep brain waves. |
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| non-rapid eye movement sleep; sleep involving partial thoughts, images, or stories; poor organization. |
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| Frightening dream during REM. |
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| Increase in the number of dreams after being deprived of them. |
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| Also called a night terror; a horrible dream occurring during NREM when the body is not prepared for it. |
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| The inability to get enough sleep. |
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| Disorder in which a person falls instantly into sleep no matter wha is going on in the environment. |
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| Breathing stops while someone is asleep. |
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| A state of relaxation in which attention is focused on certain objects, acts, or feelings. |
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| Another word for the state of deep relaxation that can occur during hypnosis. |
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| A form of self-control in which the outside world is cut off from consciousness. |
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