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Chp 5 Flashcards

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Consciousness

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Cannot be measured but has visible affects

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Selective Attention

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Focusing on a particular stimulus

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Preconscious

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Ideas that are not in your awareness now, but can be recalled

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Unconscious

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or subconscious; buried memories or thoughts that influence our actions

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5
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Nonconscious

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Biological control level

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Altered State of Consciousness

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sense of self or world is altered

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Circadian Rhythm

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Biological clock

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REM Sleep

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or Rapid Eye Movement Sleep; the stage where dreams take place

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Insomnia

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The inability to sleep

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Night Terrors

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Nightmares in stage four sleep

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Sleep Apnea

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Breathing interruption while sleeping

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12
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Narcolepsy

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suddenly falling asleep at any given moment

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Meditation

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method to narrow consciousness

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Biofeedback

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system that gives information about what is happening to the body

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15
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Hypnosis

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altering consciousness making people respond to suggestions in trance like state

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Posthypnotic Suggestion

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instructions given during hypnosis, but to be continued after ending of trance

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Addiction

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needing something to feel normal

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Depressants

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substances that slow the nervous system

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Intoxication

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drunkenness

20
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Narcotics

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addictive depressants used to induce sleep

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Stimulants

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increase activity of the nervous system

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Amphetamines

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stimulant used for staying awake and decrease appetite

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Hallucination

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perception of an object that seems real but is not

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Delusion

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false idea that seems real

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Hallucinogen

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a drug that produces hallucinations

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Detoxification

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the removal of a harmful sustance

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