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| our awareness of ourselves and our enviroment. |
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| the principle that information is often simultaneously process on separate conscious and unconscious tracks. |
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| the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. |
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| failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere. (gorilla example) |
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| failing to notice changes in the environment. |
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| the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (example: of temperature and wakefulness) that occur in a 24 hour period. |
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| light striking the retina signals the suprachiasmatic nucleus SCN to supress the pineal gland's production of sleep hormone melatonin. At night the SCN quiets down, allowing the pineal gland to release melatonin into the bloodstream. |
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| rapid eye movement sleep; a reaccuring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. also know as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed (except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active. |
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| the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state. |
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| periodic, natural loss of consciousnesses, is distinct to being unconscious,in a coma, or anesthesia. |
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| false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus. |
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| the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. |
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| recurring problems in falling or staying asleep. |
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| a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. the sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times. |
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| a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings. |
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| a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during stage 4 sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered. |
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| a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind. dreams are know for their hallucinations and for the dreamers acceptances of these. |
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| according to Freud, the remembered part or storyline of a dream. This has hidden content. |
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| according to Freud, the underlying meaning of dream (distinct from it manifest content) |
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| the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation. this happens if a person is repeatedly awakened during sleep. |
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| a social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another person (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. |
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| a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors. |
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| a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others. |
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| a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. |
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| the diminishing effect with regular use of a drug, requiring the individual to take larger substances in over to get the desired effects. |
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| the discomfort and distress that follows discontinuing the use of an active drug. |
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| a psychological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued. |
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| a psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions. |
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| compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences |
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| drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions. Like alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates.) |
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| drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement. |
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| opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroine, they depress neuron activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. |
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| drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, and cocaine) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. |
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| drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speed-ed up body functions and associated energy and mood changes. |
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| a powerful addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dropamine levels. |
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| a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen. Produces euphoria and social intimacy, but has short term health risks and longer-term harm to serotonin-producing neurons and to mood and cognition. |
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| psychedelic (mind manifesting) drugs, such as LSD, that distorts perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input. |
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| a powerful hallucinogenic drug; also know as acid. |
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| an altered sate of consciousness reported after a close brush with death. similar to drug related hallucinations. |
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| the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations. |
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1. alchohal
2. heroin
3. caffeine
4. methamphetamine
5. nicotine
6. ecstasy
7. marijuana |
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1. depressant. initial high followed by relaxation and dis-inhibition.
2. depressant. rush of euphoria, release form pain.
3. stimulant. increased alertness and wakefulness.
4. stimulant. euphoria. alertness, energy.
5. stimulant. rush of euphoria, confidence and energy.
6. arousal. relaxation. sense of well-being.
7. stimulant, mild hallucinogen. emotional elevation, dis-inhibition.
8. enhanced sensation, relief of pain, distortion of time, relaxation. |
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