Advanced Placement Psychology
Enterprise High School, Redding, CA
All terms from Myers Psychology for AP (BFW Worth, 2011)
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| 6626763025 | consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and our environment. |  | 0 |
| 6626763026 | circadian rhythm | the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle. |  | 1 |
| 6626763027 | REM (rapid eye movement) sleep | 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 |
| 6626763028 | alpha waves | the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state. | | 3 |
| 6626763029 | hallucinations | false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus. |  | 4 |
| 6626763030 | delta waves | the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. | | 5 |
| 6626763031 | NREM sleep | encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep. | | 6 |
| 6626763032 | insomnia | recurring problems in falling or staying asleep. |  | 7 |
| 6626763033 | narcolepsy | a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. |  | 8 |
| 6626763034 | sleep apnea | a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings. |  | 9 |
| 6626763035 | night terrors | a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, these occur during N3 |  | 10 |
| 6626763036 | manifest content | according to Freud, the story of the dream. |  | 11 |
| 6626763037 | latent content | according to Freud, the underlying (hidden) meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content). |  | 12 |
| 6626763038 | hypnosis | a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. |  | 13 |
| 6626763039 | posthypnotic suggestion | a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; |  | 14 |
| 6626763040 | dissociation | Hilgard's split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others. |  | 15 |
| 6626763041 | psychoactive drug | a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. |  | 16 |
| 6626763042 | 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. |  | 17 |
| 6626763043 | withdrawal | the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug. |  | 18 |
| 6626763044 | depressants | drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions. |  | 19 |
| 6626763045 | opiates | morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. |  | 20 |
| 6626763046 | stimulants | drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. |  | 21 |
| 6626763047 | THC | the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations. |  | 22 |
| 6626763048 | Suprachiasmatic nucleus | A cluster of neurons in the hypothalamus in the brain that governs the timing of circadian rhythms | 23 |
