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| our awareness of ourselves and our environment | ||
| Periodic physiological fluctuations | ||
| the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle. | ||
| 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. | ||
| the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state. | ||
| Periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness - as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation | ||
| false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus | ||
| the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep | ||
| recurring problems in falling or staying asleep | ||
| a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times | ||
| a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings | ||
| a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during Stage 4 sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered | ||
| a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind | ||
| According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream (as distinct from its latent, or hidden, content). | ||
| according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream | ||
| the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep) | ||
| a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur | ||
| supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis; induced by the hypnotist's 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. | ||
| a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others | ||
| Hilgard's term describing a hypnotized subject's awareness of experiences, such as pain, that go unreported during hypnosis | ||
| a chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood | ||
| 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 | ||
| the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug | ||
| a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued | ||
| a psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions | ||
| drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions. | ||
| drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. | ||
| psychedelic ("mind-manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input | ||
| drugs that depress the activity of the Central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement | ||
| opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. | ||
| drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes | ||
| 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. | ||
| a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid | ||
| the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations | ||
| An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death (such as through cardiac arrest); often similar to drug-induced hallucinations | ||
| the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact | ||
| the presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing |
