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States Of Consciousness Flashcards

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Our awareness of ourselves and our environment

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Consciousness

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The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle

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Circadian Rhythm

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Rapid eye movement sleep; a reoccurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur

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R.E.M. Sleep

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The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake State

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Alpha waves

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Periodic, natural loss of consciousness-as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, General Anesthesia or hibernation

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Sleep

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False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus

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Hallucinations

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The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

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Delta waves

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Nonrapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for the REM sleep

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NREM Sleep

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9
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Reoccurring problems and falling or staying asleep

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Insomnia

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A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrolled will sleep attacks. The sufferer May relapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times

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Narcolepsy

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A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings

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Sleep apnea

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A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal oh and in appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during stage for sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered

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Night terrors

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A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind.

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Dream

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Cording to Freud, the remembered storyline of a dream

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Manifest content

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According to Freud, the underlying meaning of the dream

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Latent Content

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16
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The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation

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R.E.M. rebound

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A social interaction in which one person suggest to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur

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Hipnosis

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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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Post hypnotic suggestion

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A split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others

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Dissociation

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A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods

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Psychoactive drug

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The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drugs affect

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Tolerance

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The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug

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Withdrawal

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A physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued

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Physical dependence

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A psychological need to use a drug, such as a relieve to negative emotions

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Psychological dependence

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Compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences

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Addiction

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Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions

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Depressants

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Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment

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Barbiturates

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Opium and it’s derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety

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Opiates

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Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions

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Stimulants

30
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Drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes

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Amphetamines

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A powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes; overtime, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels

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Methamphetamine

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A synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen in. Produces euphoria and social intimacy in, but with short term health risks and longer term harm to serotonin producing neurons into mood and cognition

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Ecstasy (MDMA)

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Psychedelic drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input

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Hallucinogens

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A powerful hallucinogenic drug also known as acid

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LSD

35
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An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death; often similar to drug-induced hallucinations

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Near death experience

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Major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of a Effects, including mild hallucinations

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THC

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