Vocab Flashcards
(39 cards)
Consciousness
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Hypnosis
Social interaction in which one person (the subject) responds to another person’s (the hypnotist) suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, throughs or behaviors will spontaneously occur
posthypnotic suggestion
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
Dissociation
A split in consciousness which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others
Circadian Rhythm
Biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occurs on a 24 hour cycle
REM Sleep
Rapid eye movement; is a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Aka paradoxical sleep b/c the muscles are relaxed (except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active
Alpha waves
Relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
Sleep
Periodic, natural loss of consciousness as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia or hibernation (adapted from dement 1999)
Hallucination
False sensory experiences such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
Delta Waves
The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
NREM sleep
Non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompass all sleep stages except for REM sleep
Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)
A pair of cells 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
Insomnia
Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep
Narcolepsy
A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The suffer may lapse directly into REM sleep often at inopportune times
Sleep apnea
A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakening
Night terrors
A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during NREM-3 sleep within 2 or 3 hours of falling asleep and are seldom remembered
Dream
A sequence of images, emotions and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind. Dreams are notable for their hallucinatory imagery discontinuities and incongruities and for the dreamer’s delusional acceptance of the content and later difficulties remembering it.
Manifest content
according to Freud, the remembered storyline of a dream (as distinct from its latent or hidden content)
Latent content
According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content)
REM Rrebound
The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep)
Substance use disorder
Continued substance craving and use despite significant life disruption and or physical risk
Psychoactive drugs
A chemical substance that alters perception and moods
Tolerance
Diminishing effect with regular use of the same does f a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug’s effect
Addiction
compulsive craving for drugs or certain behaviors dispute known adverse consequences