Myers Psychology for AP 1e
Chapter 5: States of Consciousness
5387775616 | consciousness | Our awareness of ourselves and our environment. | 0 | |
5387775617 | circadian rhythm | regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle. | 1 | |
5387775618 | REM sleep | the sleep stage in which the brain and eyes are active, the muscles are relaxed and vivid dreaming occurs. Also known as paradoxical sleep. | 2 | |
5387775619 | alpha waves | The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state. | 3 | |
5387775620 | sleep | natural, periodic loss of consciousness, on which the body and mind depend for healthy functioning | 4 | |
5387775621 | hallucinations | False sensory experiences that occur without any sensory stimulus | 5 | |
5387775622 | delta waves | The large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. | 6 | |
5387775624 | insomnia | a person regularly has difficulty in falling or staying asleep | 7 | |
5387775625 | narcolepsy | A sleep disorder in which the victim suffers sudden, uncontrollable sleep attacks. often characterized by entry directly into REM sleep | 8 | |
5387775626 | sleep apnea | A sleep disorder in which the person ceases breathing while asleep, and repeats this cycle throughout the night | 9 | |
5387775627 | night terrors | a person experiences episodes of high arousal with apparent terror. Usually occur during stage four | 10 | |
5387775628 | dreams | sequences of images, emotions, and thoughts the most vivid of which occur during REM sleep | 11 | |
5387775629 | manifest content | According to Freud, the story line of a dream | 12 | |
5387775630 | latent content | According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream | 13 | |
5387775631 | REM rebound | The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation | 14 | |
5387775632 | hypnosis | A social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. | 15 | |
5387775634 | dissociation | A split between different levels of consciousness, allowing a person to divide attention between two or more thoughts or behaviors | 16 | |
5387775635 | psychoactive drug | A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. They work by affecting or mimicking the activity of neurotransmitters | 17 | |
5387775636 | tolerance | The diminishing of a psycoactive drug's effect that occurs with repeated use, requiring progressively larger doses to produce the same effect | 18 | |
5387775637 | withdrawal | The discomfort and distress that follow discontinued use of an addictive drugs | 19 | |
5387775638 | physical dependence | A physiological need for a drug that is indicated by the presence of unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is not taken | 20 | |
5387775639 | psychological dependence | A psychological need to use a drug | 21 | |
5387775640 | addiction | Compulsive craving for a drug despite adverse consequences and withdrawal symptoms | 22 | |
5387775641 | depressants | psychoactive drugs such as alcohol, opiates, and barbiturates, that reduce neural activity and slow body functions | 23 | |
5387775644 | stimulants | psychoactive drugs such as caffeine, nicotine, amphetamines, and cocaine that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. | 24 | |
5387775645 | amphetamines | a type of stimulant and as such, speed up body functions and neural activity | 25 | |
5387775648 | hallucinogens | Psychedelic drugs, such as LSD and marijuana, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input. | 26 | |
5387775650 | near-death experience | An altered state of consciousness that has been reported by some people who have had a close brush with death | 27 | |
5387803526 | selective attention | The focus of attention on one particular stimulus or task at the exclusion of other stimuli. | 28 | |
5387803527 | Dual processing | the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks. | 29 | |
6015345944 | Opiates | psychoactive drugs that are chemically similar to morphine and have strong pain-relieving properties. | 30 | |
6015345945 | Barbituates | drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but imparing memory and judgement | 31 | |
6015348088 | Methamphetamine | a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels | 32 |