Advanced Placement Psychology
Enterprise High School, Redding, CA
All terms from Myers Psychology for AP (BFW Worth, 2011)
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| 11592124981 | consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and our environment. | 0 | |
| 11592124982 | circadian rhythm | the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle. | 1 | |
| 11592124983 | REM (rapid eye movement) 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 systems are active. | 2 | |
| 11592124984 | alpha waves | the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state. | 3 | |
| 11592124985 | sleep | periodic, natural loss of consciousness—as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation. (Adapted from Dement, 1999.) | 4 | |
| 11592124986 | hallucinations | false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus. | 5 | |
| 11592124987 | delta waves | the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. | 6 | |
| 11592124988 | NREM sleep | non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep. | 7 | |
| 11592124989 | insomnia | recurring problems in falling or staying asleep. | 8 | |
| 11592124990 | narcolepsy | a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times. | 9 | |
| 11592124991 | sleep apnea | a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings. | 10 | |
| 11592124992 | 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. | 11 | |
| 11592124993 | 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. | 12 | |
| 11592124994 | manifest content | according to Freud, the story of the dream. | 13 | |
| 11592124995 | latent content | according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content). | 14 | |
| 11592124996 | REM rebound | the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep). | 15 | |
| 11592124997 | hypnosis | a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. | 16 | |
| 11592124998 | 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. | 17 | |
| 11592124999 | dissociation | a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others. | 18 | |
| 11592125000 | psychoactive drug | a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. | 19 | |
| 11592125001 | 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. | 20 | |
| 11592125002 | withdrawal | the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug. | 21 | |
| 11592125003 | physical dependence | a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued. | 22 | |
| 11592125004 | psychological dependence | a psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions. | 23 | |
| 11592125005 | addiction | compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences. | 24 | |
| 11592125006 | depressants | drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions. | 25 | |
| 11592125007 | barbiturates | drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment. | 26 | |
| 11592125008 | opiates | opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. | 27 | |
| 11592125009 | stimulants | drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. | 28 | |
| 11592125010 | amphetamines | drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes. | 29 | |
| 11592125011 | 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. | 30 | |
| 11592125012 | Ecstacy (MDMA) | a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen. Produces euphoria and social intimacy, but with short-term health risks and longer-term harm to serotonin-producing neurons and to mood and cognition. | 31 | |
| 11592125013 | hallucinogens | psychedelic ("mind-manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input. | 32 | |
| 11592125014 | LSD | a powerful hallucinogenic drug; also known as acid (lysergic acid diethylamide). | 33 | |
| 11592125015 | near-death experiences | an altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death (such as through cardiac arrest); often similar to drug-induced hallucinations. | 34 | |
| 11592125016 | THC | the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations. | 35 |
