UNIT 5 Flashcards

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Consciousness

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Our awareness of ourselves and our environment

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Hypnosis

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A social interaction in which one person responds to another’s suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur

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Posthypnotic Suggestion

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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

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Dissociation

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A spilt in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others

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Circadian Rhythm

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The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (example: of temp and wakefulness) that occur in the 24 hour cycle.

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REM Sleep

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Rapid eye movement sleep; A recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed (except small twitching) but other body systems are active

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Alpha Waves

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The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state

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Sleep

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Periodic, natural loss it consciousness- as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a come, general anesthesia, or hibernation

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Hallucinations

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False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence or an external visual stimulus

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Delta Waves

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The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

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NREM Sleep

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Non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for REM Sleep

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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)

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A pair of cell 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.

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Insomnia

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Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep

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Narcolepsy

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A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times.

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Sleep Apnea

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A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings

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Night Terrors

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A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; night terrors occur during NREM-3 sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered