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Consciousness

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a persons awareness of everything that is going on around them

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Circadian Rhythm

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sleep-wake cycle

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N1 (Stage 1)

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light sleep increase in theta wave activity

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N2 (Stage 2)

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sleep spindles and body starts to shut down

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N3 (Stages 3 and 4)

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first appearance of delta waves and the body is at its lowest level of functioning

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REM Sleep

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where most dreams occur and replaces N1-N3 and is light sleep. The body is in a state of paralysis matched with rapid eye movement

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Sleepwalking

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occurs in N3 sleep stage

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Hypnosis

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state of consciousness in which a person is susceptible to suggestion

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Psychological Dependence

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where the user believes he or she needs the drug to function

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Physical Withdrawal

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when the body needs to the drug to function

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Stimulants

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are drugs that increase activity of the nervous system

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Depressants

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slow down the nervous system

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Hallucinogens

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alters the brain interpretations of sensations

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Learning

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any permanent change in behavior brought by experience or practice

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Classical Conditioning

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one stimulus, through pairing come to produce a similar response

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UCS

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naturally occurring stimulus

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UCR

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involuntary unconditioned response

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CR

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involuntary and automatic behavior

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CS

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the trained reaction

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Conditioned Taste Aversion

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when an organism becomes sick after eating food and wont eat it due to its reaction

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Reinforcement

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process of strengthening a response with a pleasurable consequence

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Primary Reinforcer

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a stimulus that satisfies a basic natural drive

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Secondary Reinforcer

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only becomes reinforced when paired with a primary inforcer

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Fixed Interval Schedule of Reinforcement

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at least one correct response must be made within a set interval of time

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Fixed Ratio Schedule of Reinforcement

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a certain number of responses are given before reinforcement

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Variable Ratio of Reinforcement

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a varying number of responses are required before reinforcement

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Observational Learning

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learning through others watching them perform or model certain actions

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Memory

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can be defined as an active system that recieves information from the senses, organize and alter information, then retrieves it

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3 Process of Memory

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encoding storing and revival

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Short term memory

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information held while being conscious and used

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Working memory

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responsible for processing information in STM

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Long Term Memory

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is the system in which which memories are kept less or more permanently stored

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State-Dependent Learning

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occurs when physiological or psychological becomes encoded as retrieval cues for memories

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Constructive Processing

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the reconstruction of memory from bits and pieces of information that was stored away

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Amnesia

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where memory of the past is lost