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Unit 2 Body and behavior/ Consiousness Flashcards

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REM Sleep

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A Stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, a high level of brain activity, a deep relaxation of the muscles, and dreaming

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Consciousness

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A state of awareness, including a persons feelings, sensations, ideas, and perception

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Insomnia

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The failure to get enough sleep at night in order to feel rested the next day

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Sleep apnea

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A sleep disorder in which a person has trouble breathing while asleep

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Narcolepsy

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A condition characterized by suddenly falling asleep or feeling very sleepy during the day

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Nightmares

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Unpleasant dreams

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Night terrors

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Sleep disruptions that occur during stage IV of sleep, involving screaming,panic,or confusion

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Sleepwalking

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Walking or carrying out behaviors while asleep

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The part of the nervous system that consists of the brain and spinal cord.

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Central Nervous System (CNS)

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The bundle of nerves within the spine that runs down the length of the back and transmits most messages back and forth between the body and brain.

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Spinal Cord

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A network of nerves branching out from the spinal cord that conduct information from the bodily organs to the central nervous system and take information back to the organs.

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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

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The long, thin cells that constitute the structural and functional unit of nerve tissue along which messages travel to and from the brain.

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Neurons

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The gap that exists between the axon terminals of the sending neuron and the dendrites of the receiving neuron.

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Synapse

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The chemicals released by neurons, which determine the rate at which other neurons fire.

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Neurotransmitter

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The division of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movement of skeletal muscles.

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Somatic Nervous System (SNS)

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The portion of the peripheral nervous system that controls internal biological functions such as heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure.

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Automatic Nervous System (ANS)

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A form of altered consciousness in which people become highly susceptible to change in thought and behavior

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Hypnosis

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Hypnotist can suggest things that the participant can remember or forget when the trance is over

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Posthypnotic suggestion

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A technique in which the person learns his or her psychological process

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Biofeedback

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When a person focuses on an image or thought to achieve a clear mind and relaxation

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Meditation

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interacts with the central nervous system to alert a persons mood, perception and behavior

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Psychoactive drugs

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dried leaves and flowers of India hemp that produce an altered state of consciousness when smoked or ingested

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Marijuana

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Perceptions that have no direct external cause

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Hallucinations

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Drugs tat often produce Hallucinations

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Hallucinogens

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A potent Psychedelic drug that produces distortions of perceptions and throught

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LSD

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A form of altered consciousness in which we become highly susceptible to changes in behavior or thought.

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Hypnosis

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The hypnotist can suggest things for their participants to remember or forget when the trance is over.

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Posthypnotic suggestion

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A technique in which a person learns to control his or her internal physiological process with the help of feedback.

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Biofeedback

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When a person focuses his or her intention on a goal or though with the goal of cleaning the kind and producing relaxation or inner peace.

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Meditation

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The genetic transmission of characteristics from parents to their offspring.

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Heredity

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Developed from a single fertilized egg, and share the same genes

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Identical twins

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Are the basic building blocks of heredity

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Genes

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Develop from two fertilized eggs, and their genes are not similar than those of brothers and sisters.

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Fraternal twins

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A machine used to record the electrical activity of large portions of the brain

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Electroencephalograph (EEG)

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An imaging technique used to study the brain to pinpoint injuries and brain deterioration

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Computerized axial tomography (CAT)

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An imaging technique used to see which brain areas are being activated while performing tasks

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Positron emission tomography (PET)

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An imaging technique used to study brain structure and activity

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Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)

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A chemical communication system, using hormones, by which messages are sent through the bloodstream

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Endocrine system

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Chemical substances that carry messages through the body in blood

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Hormones

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The center of control of the endocrine system that secretes a large number of hormones

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Pituitary gland

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Located at rear base of brain, involved with most basic processes of life

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Hindbrain

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Small part of brain above the pons that integrates sensory information and relays it upward.

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Midbrain

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Covering the brains central core, includes thalamus, which integrates sensory input.

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Forebrain

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The different regions in which the cerebral cortex is divided

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