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A state of awareness of internal events and the external
environment. |
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| Not typically available to consciousness or memory. |
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Memories that are not currently conscious but
that can easily be called into consciousness when necessary. |
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Reports made by experimental participants of the
mental processes and strategies they use while working on a task. |
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| experience-sampling method |
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An experimental method that assists
researchers in describing the typical contents of consciousness;
participants are asked to record what they are feeling and thinking
whenever signaled to do so. |
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A consistent pattern of cyclical body activities, usually
lasting 24 to 25 hours and determined by an internal biological clock. |
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| rapid eye movements (REM) |
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A behavioural sign of the phase of sleep
during which the sleeper is likely to be experiencing dreamlike mental
activity. |
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The period during which a sleeper does not
show rapid eye movement (REM); characterized by less dream activity
than during REM sleep. |
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The chronic inability to sleep normally; symptoms include
difficulty in falling asleep, frequent waking, inability to return to sleep,
and early-morning awakening. |
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A sleep disorder characterized by an irresistible compulsion to
sleep during the daytime. |
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A sleep disorder of the upper respiratory system that causes
the person to stop breathing while asleep. |
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A disorder that causes sleepers to leave their beds and
wander while still remaining asleep; also known as sleepwalking. |
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In Freudian dream analysis, the hidden meaning of a
dream. |
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In Freudian dream analysis, the surface content of a
dream, which is assumed to mask the dream’s actual meaning. |
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In Freudian dream analysis, the process by which the
internal censor transforms the latent content of a dream into manifest
content. |
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The theory that conscious awareness of dreaming is a
learnable skill that enables dreamers to control the direction and
content of their dreams. |
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An altered state of awareness characterized by deep relaxation,
susceptibility to suggestions, and changes in perception, memory,
motivation, and self-control. |
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The degree to which an individual is responsive to
standardized hypnotic suggestion. |
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A form of consciousness alteration designed to enhance selfknowledge
and well-being through reduced self-awareness. |
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Chemicals that affect mental processes and behaviour
by temporarily changing conscious awareness of reality. |
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A situation that occurs with continued use of a drug in which
an individual requires greater dosages to achieve the same effect. |
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The process by which the body becomes
adjusted to or dependent on a drug. |
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A condition in which the body requires a drug in order to
function without physical and psychological reactions to its absence;
often the outcome of tolerance and dependence. |
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The psychological need or craving for
a drug. |
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False perceptions that occur in the absence of objective
stimulation. |
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