States of Consciousness Pt. 1 Vocab Terms

Question 0

biological rhythms

Answer 0

periodic physiological fluctuations

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

awareness of our mental processes

Question 2

circadian rhythms

Answer 2

biological clock

Question 3

REM sleep

Answer 3

rapid eye movement sleep; vivid dreams occur

Question 4

alpha waves

Answer 4

slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state

Question 5

sleep

Answer 5

loss of consciousness

Question 6

sleep spindles

Answer 6

short bursts of 15Hz waves that increase and decrease in amplitude

Question 7

hallucinations

Answer 7

false sensory experiences

Question 8

delta waves

Answer 8

large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

Question 9

insomnia

Answer 9

problems falling or staying asleep

Question 10

narcolepsy

Answer 10

sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks

Question 11

sleep apnea

Answer 11

sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessation of breathing during sleep

Question 12

night terrors

Answer 12

sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified

Question 13

dream

Answer 13

sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind

Question 14

lucid dreams

Answer 14

person dreaming is aware that they are dreaming and can control what happens

Question 15

manifest content

Answer 15

remembered storyline of a dream

Question 16

latent content

Answer 16

underlying meaning of a dream

Question 17

REM rebound

Answer 17

REM sleep increase following REM sleep deprivation

Question 18

hypnosis

Answer 18

social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur

Question 19

posthypnotic suggestion

Answer 19

suggestion to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized

Question 20

dissociation

Answer 20

split in consciousness