Unit 5 Vocab Flashcards
Consciousness
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Circadian Rhythm
The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on the 24 hour cycle
REM Sleep
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 for minor twitches, but other body symptoms are active
Alpha Waves
The relatively slow Brain waves of a relaxed, a weakened state
Sleep
Periodic, natural loss of consciousness, as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation
Hallucinations
False sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus
Delta Waves
The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
NREM sleep
Nonrapid eye movement sleep, encompasses all sleep stages except for ram sleep
Narcolepsy
I sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The suffer made laps directly into REM sleep, often at in opportune times
Sleep Apnea
A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessation of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings
Night Terrors
A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; I’d like nightmares, night terrors occur during stage for sleep, within two or three hours of folly sleep, and are seldom remembered
Dream
A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person‘s mind. Dreams are notable for their hallucinatory imagery, just continue days, and incongruities, and for the dreamers delusional except Ince of the content in later difficulties remembering it
Manifest Content
According to Freud, the remembered storyline of a dream
Latent Content
According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream
REM Rebound
The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation
Hypnosis
Hey social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur
Posthypnotic Suggestion
Hey suggestion, made during hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotize; use by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors
Dissociation
Hey split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others
Psychoactive Drug
Chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods
Tolerance
The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before the experiencing the drugs affect
Withdrawal
Discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug
Physical Dependence
A physiological need for drug, marked by unpleasant with her also some is when the dog is
Psychological Dependence
Psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions
Addiction
Compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences
Depressants
Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions
Barbiturates
Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment
Opiates
Opium ants derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; need a personal activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety
Stimulants
Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up by functions
Amphetamines
Drugs that stimulate neural activity causing speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes
Methamphetamine
A powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with speeded up body functions and associated energy and mood changes; overtime, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels
Ecstasy MDMA
Hey synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen. Produces euphoria and social intimacy, but the short term health risks and longer-term harm to serotonin producing neurons into move in condition
Hallucinogens
Psychedelic drugs such as LSD that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images not power in the absence of sensory
LSD
Powerful hallucinogenic drug; also known as acid
Near-Death Experience
An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death; often so livid drug-induced hallucinations
THC
The major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mile to exclamations
