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Unit 3 AP Psy Masters

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awareness of ourselves and our environment
biological functions EX. hair, nails, skin growing
outside awareness but contains feelings and memories that can easily be brought into awareness
Freud; hidden thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories
the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (temperature/wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle
a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs
90 mins; 4-5 times a night; stage 4 longest @ first, then REM is longest & 4 disappears; 123432REM23432REM232REM
according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream
according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream
recurring problems in falling or staying asleep
stage 4 sleep disorder; may interact with others, move; no memory of the next day
stage 4 sleep disorder chacterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified
sleep disorder in which people briefly but repeatedly stop breathing during the night
a sleep disorder characterized by sudden and uncontrollable episodes of deep sleep
state with deep relaxation and heightened suggestibility
a instruction given to a person under hypnosis that is suppose to be carried out after its done
the process of learning to control bodily states with the help of machines monitoring the states (heart rate, blood pressure, etc.) to be controlled
focusing of attention to clear one's mind and produce relaxation
drugs (such as alcohol, barbiturates, and opiates) that reduce neural activity and slow body functions
Chemicals that affect the nervous system and result in altered consciousness
drugs (such as caffeine, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions.
a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued
condition that exists when a person must continue to take a drug in order to satisfy intense mental and emotional craving for the drug
compulsive habitual need
the discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug
Seeing, hearing, or feeling something that is not real
founder of psychoanalysis; dreams road to unconscious, manifest and latent content
the "hidden observer", dissociation theory of split consciousness; hypnosis
believed that experience is a fluid and continuous stream of consciousness

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