UNIT 5 VOCAB + CONCEPTS

Question 1

Our awareness of ourselves and our environments

Answer 1

Consciousness

Question 2

A social interaction in which one person (the subject) responds to another person’s (the hypnotist’s) suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts or behaviors with spontaneously occur

Answer 2

Hypnosis

Question 3

The states of daydreaming, drowsiness, and dreaming occur …

Answer 3

Spontaneously

Question 4

Hallucinations, orgasms, and food/oxygen starvation occur..,

Answer 4

when they are physiologically induced

Question 5

Sensory deprivation, hypnosis, and meditation are induced by…

Answer 5

Psychological induction

Question 6

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

Answer 6

Posthypnotic suggestion

Question 7

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

Answer 7

Disassociation

Question 8

The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for ex. Of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24 hour cycle

Answer 8

Circadian rhythm

Question 9

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

Answer 9

REM sleep

Question 10

The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state.

Answer 10

Alpha waves

Question 11

periodic, atrial lo-ss of consciousness- as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation

Answer 11

Sleep

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Hallucinations

Question 13

the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

Answer 13

Delta waves

Question 14

Non rapid eye movements sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep

Answer 14

NREM sleep

Question 15

A pair fo cell clusters in the hypothalamus that controls circadian rhythm. In response to light, the SCN causes the pineal gland to adjust melatonin production, thus modifying our feelings of sleepiness

Answer 15

Suprachiasmatic nucleus

Question 16

Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep

Answer 16

Insomnia

Question 17

A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at in opportune times

Answer 17

Narcolepsy

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Sleep apnea

Question 19

A sleep disorder characterized by Hugh arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during NREM-3 sleep within two or three hours of falling asleep and are seldom remembered

Answer 19

Night terrors

Question 20

A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping persons mind. Dreams are notable for their hallucinatory imagery, and for the dreamers delusional acceptance of the content and later difficulties remembering it

Answer 20

Dream

Question 21

According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream (as distinct from its latent or hidden content)

Answer 21

Manifest content

Question 22

According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content)

Answer 22

Latent content

Question 23

The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakening during REM sleep)

Answer 23

REM rebound

Question 24

Continued substance craving and use despite significant life disruption and/or physical risk

Answer 24

Substance use disorder

Question 25

A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods

Answer 25

Psychoactive drug

Question 26

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 effect

Answer 26

Tolerance

Question 27

Compulsive craving of drugs or certain behaviors (such as gambling) después known adverse consequences

Answer 27

Withdrawal

Question 28

Drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions

Answer 28

Depressants

Question 29

(Alcoholism) alcohol use marked by tolerance, withdrawal, and a drive to continue problematic use

Answer 29

Alcohol use disorder

Question 30

Drugs that depress central nervous system activity, reducing anxiety but imparting memory and judgement

Answer 30

Barbiturates

Question 31

Opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporary lessening pain and anxiety

Answer 31

Opiates

Question 32

Drugs (caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, cocaine, ecstasy, and meth) that excite near Al activity and speed up body functions

Answer 32

Stimulants

Question 33

Drugs that stimulate near activity, causing speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes

Answer 33

Amphetamines

Question 34

A stimulating and highly addictive psychoactive drug in tobacco.

Answer 34

Nicotine

Question 35

A powerful and addictive stimulant, derived from the coca plant, producing temporarily increased alertness and euphoria

Answer 35

Cocaine

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Methamphetamine

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Ecstasy (MDMA)

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Hallucinogens

Question 39

A powerful hallucinogenic drug; also known as lysergic acid diethylamide

Answer 39

LSD

Question 40

An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death (such as by cardiac arrest); often similar to drugs-induced hallucinations

Answer 40

Near-death experience

Question 41

The major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a verity of effects, including mild hallucinations

Answer 41

THC