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8227874168Hypnosisan altered state if consciousness that could produce increased responsiveness to suggestion that could in turn lead to changes in behavior and thinking0
8227374772Conscious awarenessincludes all the mental processes a person is aware of at any given moment1
8227709293Preconscious or subconscious levelResides just below the level of consciousness, which makes it easy to access with effort2
8227715323Unconscious levelis absent from conscious awareness but still could influence a persons thoughts and actions3
8227724665Dualismthe belief that the mind and the body are separate4
8227728212Materialismthe mind and body are one and the same5
8227737448Circadian RhythmsAre repeating fluctuations, such as sleeping and waking, that occur over a period of 24 hours6
8227778417Restorative theory of sleepsuggests that sleep is necessary for the body to repair itself7
8227781899Adaptive theory of sleepstates that sleep is a behavior that promotes the survival of a species8
8227793122Behavioral theory of sleepsuggests that we sleep because there is no more stimulation9
8227835942Lucid dreamDuring it, the individual has control over a dream's story line10
8227839357Manifest contestconsisted of the remembered meaning of the dream11
8227843726Latent contentwas the symbolized part of the dream12
8227849218Activation-synthesis theory of dreamingSuggests that dreams developed because of the random firing of neurons in the lower area brain centers, especially the pons, resulting in signals being sent to the cortex, amygdala and hippocampus where the signals are synthesized into a dream13
8229932552Posthypnotic suggestionsSuggests that may be carried out after the person as been hypontized14
8229944385Posthypnotic amnesiameaning they cannot recall what took place during the hypnotic session15
8229951466Hilgard's neodissociation theory of hypnosissuggested that a person experiences distance multiple streams of consciousness16
8229955077Hidden observeris so distinct from consciousness that it is unattainable to the subject17
8230256025Role and belief expectancy theorysuggests that hypnosis is not an altered state of consciousness, but an expected role one should play under hypnosis18
8230349267psychographic19

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