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CONSCIOUSNESS Flashcards

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Activation-synthesis theory

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A theory proposing that neurons in the brain activate randomly during REM sleep.

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Biological rhythms

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Periodic physiological changes.

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Catharsis

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The release of tension that results when repressed thoughts or memories move into a patient’s conscious mind.

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Circadian rhythms

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Biological cycles that occur about every twenty-four hours.

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Conscious

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The part of the mind that contains all the information that a person is paying attention to at a particular time.

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Consciousness

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The awareness people have of themselves and the environment around them.

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Endogenous biological rhythms

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Biological cycles that originate from inside the body rather than depend on cues from the environment.

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Hypnosis

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A procedure in which suggestions are made to a person.

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Id

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The component of the personality that contains instinctual energy.

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Ego

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The component of the personality that manages the conflict among the id, the superego, and the constraints of the real world.

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Infradian rhythms

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Biological cycles that take longer than twenty-four hours.

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Insomnia

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A chronic problem with falling or staying asleep.

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Interpretation

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A psychoanalytic technique that involves suggesting the hidden meanings of free associations, dreams, feelings, memories, and behavior to the client.

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Latent content

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The hidden meaning of a dream, the truth that is disguised in the form of the dream you experienced. The true desire of the id.

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Lucid dreams

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Dreams in which people are aware that they are dreaming.

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Manifest content

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The plot of a dream, what you actually dreamed about, the dream story.

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Meditation

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The practice of focusing attention.

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Narcolepsy

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A tendency to fall asleep periodically during the day.

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Narcotics

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Drugs that can relieve pain; also called opiates.

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Nocturnal emissions

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Signal of the onset of puberty for boys; also called wet dreams.

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Personal unconscious

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An individual’s unconscious, unique to him or her.

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Oedipus complex

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In psychoanalytic theory, a male child’s sexual desire for his mother and his hostility toward his father, whom he considers to be a rival for his mother’s love.

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Physical dependence

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Addiction based on a need to avoid withdrawal symptoms.

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Pleasure principle

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The drive to achieve pleasure and avoid pain. It is the operating principle of the id.

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Posthypnotic amnesia

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The phenomenon that occurs when a person who has been hypnotized and instructed to forget what happened during hypnosis accordingly claims not to remember what happened.

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Preconscious

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The part of the mind that contains information that is outside of a person’s attention, which is not currently being attended to, but which is readily accessible if needed.

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Psychological dependence

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Addiction based on cravings for a drug.

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Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep

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A stage of deep sleep in which brain wave activity is similar to that in the waking state. It is also called paradoxical sleep.

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REM rebound effect

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The tendency to spend more time in the REM stage of sleep after a period of REM sleep deprivation.

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Sedatives

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Drugs that slow down the nervous system.

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Sleep apnea

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A condition in which a person stops breathing many times during a night’s sleep.

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Sleep spindles

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Short bursts of brain waves that occur during stage 2 sleep.

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Social clocks

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Social and cultural norms that indicate the typical ages at which people experience particular life events, behaviors, and issues.

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Stage

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A period in development when people show typical behavior patterns and capacities.

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States

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Temporary behaviors or feelings.

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Stimulants

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Drugs that stimulate the central nervous system.

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Superego

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The moral component of the personality.

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Unconscious

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The part of the mind that contains thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories of which people have no awareness but that can influence people’s behavior.

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Withdrawal symptoms

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Symptoms such as sweating, nausea, or shakiness that occurs when drug usage ceases.

High School Psychology 2012-2013 (20 decks)

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