Advanced Placement Psychology
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| 5539813747 | consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and our environment. I am aware of the fact that I am hungry |  | 0 |
| 5539813748 | circadian rhythm | our biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle. |  | 1 |
| 5539813749 | REM (rapid eye movement) sleep | Stage 5 of the Sleep Cycle A recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Our muscles are so relaxed that we experience body paralysis. |  | 2 |
| 5539813750 | beta waves | the quick, frequent brain waves of an awake and energized state. | | 3 |
| 5539813752 | hallucinations | false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus. |  | 4 |
| 5539813753 | delta waves | the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. | | 5 |
| 5539813754 | NREM sleep | non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages (1-4) except for REM sleep. | | 6 |
| 5539813755 | insomnia | recurring problems in falling or staying asleep. |  | 7 |
| 5539813756 | narcolepsy | a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times. |  | 8 |
| 5539813757 | sleep apnea | a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings. |  | 9 |
| 5539813758 | night terrors | a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, these occur during Stage 4 sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered. |  | 10 |
| 5539813759 | dream | a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind. These are notable for their hallucinatory imagery, discontinuities, and incongruities, and for the person 's delusional acceptance of the content and later difficulties remembering it. |  | 11 |
| 5539813760 | manifest content | according to Freud, the story of the dream. The surface meaning. |  | 12 |
| 5539813761 | latent content | according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content). It is full of symbolic meaning that needs to be decoded. | | 13 |
| 5539813762 | REM rebound | the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep). |  | 14 |
| 5539813763 | hypnosis | a state of consciousness where one is highly susceptible to suggestions |  | 15 |
| 5539813764 | posthypnotic suggestion | 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. |  | 16 |
| 5539813765 | dissociation | a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others. |  | 17 |
| 5539813766 | psychoactive drug | a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. |  | 18 |
| 5539813767 | tolerance | 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 drug's effect. |  | 19 |
| 5539813768 | withdrawal | the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug. |  | 20 |
| 5539813769 | physical dependence | a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued. |  | 21 |
| 5539813770 | psychological dependence | a psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions. |  | 22 |
| 5539813771 | addiction | compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences. |  | 23 |
| 5539813772 | depressants | drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions. |  | 24 |
| 5539813773 | barbiturates | powerful drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system and have a sedative or sleep inducing effect. |  | 25 |
| 5539813774 | opiates | opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. Heroin, morphine are examples. |  | 26 |
| 5539813775 | stimulants | drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. |  | 27 |
| 5539813776 | amphetamines | drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes. |  | 28 |
| 5539813777 | methamphetamines | a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels. |  | 29 |
| 5539813779 | hallucinogens | psychedelic ("mind-manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input. |  | 30 |
| 5539948236 | Preconscious | Things, such as stored memories and knowledge, that are just below our present awareness but can be accessed. I remember who my first grade teacher was |  | 31 |
| 5539950634 | waking consciousness | State in which our thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized. When you are taking a test, you would be in a state of waking consciousness. |  | 32 |
| 5539950635 | altered state of consciousness | State of consciousness in which one's thought patterns and perceptions change. Hypnosis, meditation, dreaming, hallucinations are examples |  | 33 |
| 5539956060 | Unconscious | Thoughts and desires we have no direct knowledge of. Hidden impulses and repressed memories reside here. |  | 34 |
| 5539958673 | Melatonin | Hormone secreted by pineal gland. When it is released, we feel sleepy. |  | 35 |
| 5539958674 | Pineal Gland | Gland that releases melatonin. |  | 36 |
| 5539961571 | Serotonin | Neurotransmitter involved in sleep and wakefulness. | 37 | |
| 5539964848 | Hypothalamus | The suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus is light sensitive and sends the signal to the pineal gland to secrete melatonin. |  | 38 |
| 5539973705 | REM Motor Behavior Disorder | Sleep Disorder characterized by people vividly acting out their dreams because their body fails to paralyze during REM | 39 | |
| 5539976245 | Restless Leg Symdrome | Sleep disorder marked by the inability to stay still. People often report a feeling of bugs under their skin. |  | 40 |
| 5539979525 | Activation-Synthesis Hypothesis | Theory of dreaming that proposes that REM triggers random neural activity. The pons sends signals to visual & auditory cortices (Activation) Our brain wants to make sense of this, so it weaves it into a story (Synthesis) |  | 41 |
| 5539982540 | Activation-Information-Mode-Model | Theory that builds on activation synthesis model by saying that during synthesis, brain uses meaningful bits and pieces from our recent experiences to help construct meaning. |  | 42 |
| 5539985035 | Hypnosis as Dissociation | Idea that the mind splits when hypnotized. One piece is the hidden observer who is aware of reality, the other piece is hypnotized and living in the trance reality. |  | 43 |
| 5539986760 | Social-Cognitive Theory of Hypnosis | Idea that people who are hypnotized are not in an altered state, but simply playing a role. |  | 44 |
| 5547415420 | Ernest Hilgard | Believed in the "hidden observer" theory of hypnosis; thought people were truly dissociating. |  | 45 |
| 5547417446 | Hobson and McCarley | Researchers who developed the activation synthesis theory of dreaming. Believed that dreams do not have a deeper meaning, but rather are the product of random neural firing. |  | 46 |
