Unit 5 Myers Vocabulary

Question 1

A pair of grain-of-rice sized, 20,000 cell clusters in the hypothalamus. It tells the pineal gland to decrease melatonin production in the morning and increase it in the evening.

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Suprachaiasmatic Nucleus

Question 2

Bursts of rapid, rhythmic brain wave activity

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Sleep Spindles

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A recurring pattern of sleep stages in which a period of slow-wave sleep is followed by a period of REM sleep

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Sleep Cycle

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A persistent disturbance of typical sleep pattern, or the chronic occurrence of abnormal events or behavior during sleep

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Sleep Disorder

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The temporary stopping of breathing while asleep, which occurs when the upper airway becomes blocked, or breathing is not stimulated

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Sleep apnea

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Describing or relating to the drowsy state that occurs in the transition from wakefulness to sleep

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Hypnagogic

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The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed awake state

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Alpha Waves

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A hormone produced by the pineal gland, as a product of serotonin, that helps regulate seasonal changes and influences puberty. It helps the initiation of sleep and sleep-wake cycle

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Melatonin

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The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep

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Delta Waves

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Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement - Affects GABA

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Barbiturates

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Drugs, such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates that reduce neural activity and slow body functions

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Depressants

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Is a psychoactive substance, and Depressant with dependence-producing properties, disrupts REM Sleep, affects GABA receptors

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Alcohol

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A synthetic drug that alters mood and perception. It is chemically similar to stimulants and hallucinogens, and produces feelings of increased energy and emotional warmth. Effects: Dopamine, Serotonin and nor-epinephrine

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Ecstasy (MDMA)

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Psychedelic (“Mind Manifesting”) drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input.

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Hallucinogens

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Opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroine; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety

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Opiates

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Drugs, such as (caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine and ecstasy) that excited neural activity and speed up bodily functions

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Stimulants

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A powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the CNS, with sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes; overtime, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels

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Methamphetamine

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A CNS stimulant found in coffee, it is an antagonist of the neurotransmitter adenosine

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Caffeine

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A drug obtained by leaves of the coca shrub, which stimulates the CNS, which reduces fatigue and increases well being, followed by severe depression, affects dopamine, serotonin and norepinepherine

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Cocaine

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Opioid drug made from morphine, which affects feelings of pain, pleasure, heart rate, sleeping and breathing, They effect Endorphins

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Heroin

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Directs the spotlight of our awareness, allowing us to assemble information from many sources

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Selective Attention

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includes sleeping, waking, and other altered states

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States of Consciousness

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When your body suppresses the light and noise around you to help you sleep.

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K-Complexes

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The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24 hour cycle

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Circadian Rhythm

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The gratification in fantasy, or a dream, of a wish. Scientists theorize that we dream to fulfill fantasies

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Wish Fulfillment

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A psychological and physiological conscious state that occurs during sleep and is often characterized by sensory, motor, and emotional experiences

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Dreams

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our awareness of ourselves and our environment

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Consciousness

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A recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Muscles are relaxed by other body systems are active. Similar to REM, Your body is not moving, however your brain is active

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Paradoxical Sleep

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The inability to withhold a potentate response or suppress and inappropriate or unwanted behavior. Similar to a manic state

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Disinhibition

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Caused by Damage to the visual cortex, it is when you are able to see, your eyes are working fine, however you can not process those images so it makes you blind.

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Blind sight

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States that dreams serve a physiological function, providing the brain with periodic stimulation which helps the brain to develop and preserve neural pathways

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Physiological Function of Dreams

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Failing to see visual objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

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Inattentional Blindness

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failing to notice that there has been a change around you

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Change Blindness

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According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream. It is when your mind does not let you see the true meaning of your dreams to protect you

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Latent Content

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According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream. It is the part of the dream that you remember upon awakening

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manifest content

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A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods

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Psychoactive Drug

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Compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences

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Addiction

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A split in consciousness, which allows some thought and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others.

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Dissociation

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A physiological need for a drug marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms, when the drug is no longer taken

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Physical dependence

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A psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions.

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Psychological Dependence

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The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drugs effect.

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Tolerance

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The discomfort and distress that follow the discontinuing the use of an addictive drug, can result in sickness.

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Withdrawal

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Drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing sped up body functions and associated energy and mood changes. it is a stimulant that effects dopamine and serotonin.

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Amphetamines

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A powerful hallucinogenic drug,also known as acid, it is synthetic and produces changes in perception, mood, and thought.

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LSD

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The major active ingredient in weed; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations.

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THC

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An alkaloid obtained from the tobacco plant. It is incredibly addictive, and effects epinephrine.

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Nicotine

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He saw the stream of consciousness as an unending parade of thoughts, feelings, images, concepts, and more that appear before our consciousness and then pass away. He believed that consciousness is continual.

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William James

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Invented and developed the technique of psychoanalysis, and popularized the study of consciousness.

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Sigmund Freud

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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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Narcolepsy

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A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; they are seldom remembered

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Night Terror

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Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep. In extreme cases, can cause death

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Insomnia

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Suggest dreams are caused by physiological processes in the brain.

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Acitvation Synthesis.

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States that dreams are simply thoughts or sequences of thoughts that occur during sleep-states

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Cognitive development theory of dreams

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The flow of information through the human nervous system, involving memory stores, decision processes, and response mechanisms

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Information Processing.