Advanced Placement Psychology
Enterprise High School, Redding, CA
All terms from Myers Psychology for AP (BFW Worth, 2011)
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| 863051533 | consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and our environment. |  | 0 |
| 863051534 | circadian rhythm | the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle. |  | 1 |
| 879036272 | 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 |
| 879036273 | alpha waves | the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state. | | 3 |
| 879036274 | sleep | periodic, natural loss of consciousness—as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation. (Adapted from Dement, 1999.) |  | 4 |
| 879036275 | hallucinations | false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus. |  | 5 |
| 879036276 | delta waves | the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep. | | 6 |
| 879036277 | NREM sleep | non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep. | | 7 |
| 879036278 | insomnia | recurring problems in falling or staying asleep. |  | 8 |
| 879036279 | narcolepsy | a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times. |  | 9 |
| 879036280 | sleep apnea | a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings. |  | 10 |
| 879036281 | 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 |
| 879036282 | 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 |
| 879036283 | manifest content | according to Freud, the story of the dream. |  | 13 |
| 879036284 | latent content | according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream (as distinct from its manifest content). | | 14 |
| 879036285 | REM rebound | the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep). |  | 15 |
| 879036286 | hypnosis | a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. |  | 16 |
| 879036287 | 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 |
| 879036288 | dissociation | a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others. |  | 18 |
| 879036289 | psychoactive drug | a chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods. |  | 19 |
| 879036290 | 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 |
| 879036291 | withdrawal | the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug. |  | 21 |
| 879036292 | physical dependence | a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued. |  | 22 |
| 879036293 | psychological dependence | a psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions. |  | 23 |
| 879036294 | addiction | compulsive drug craving and use, despite adverse consequences. |  | 24 |
| 879036295 | depressants | drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions. |  | 25 |
| 879036296 | barbiturates | drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment. |  | 26 |
| 879036297 | opiates | opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety. |  | 27 |
| 879036298 | stimulants | drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions. |  | 28 |
| 879036299 | amphetamines | drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes. |  | 29 |
| 879036300 | 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 |
| 879036301 | 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 |
| 879036302 | hallucinogens | psychedelic ("mind-manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input. |  | 32 |
| 879036303 | LSD | a powerful hallucinogenic drug; also known as acid (lysergic acid diethylamide). |  | 33 |
| 879036304 | 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 |
| 879036305 | THC | the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations. |  | 35 |
