AP psychology chapter 7 terms
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| an attempt to explain how dream content is affected by motor commands in the brain that occur during sleep, but are not carried out | ||
| large, slow brain waves associated with relaxation and falling asleep | ||
| a condition of awareness distinctly different in quality or pattern from waking consciousness | ||
| an inability to feel pleasure | ||
| small, fast brain waves associated with being awake and alert | ||
| any repeating cycle of biological activity, such as sleep and waking cycles or changes in body temperature | ||
| a sudden temporary paralysis of the muscles. | ||
| mental awareness of sensations, perceptions, memories, and feelings | ||
| stage 4 sleep; the deepest form of normal sleep | ||
| large, slow brain waves that occur in deeper sleep | ||
| a substance that decreases activity in the body and nervous system | ||
| in the treatment of alcoholism, the withdrawal of the patient from alcohol. | ||
| directing emotions or actions toward safe or unimportant dream images | ||
| mental filters that hide the true meanings of dreams. | ||
| a combined effect of two drugs that exceeds the addition of one drugs effects to the other. | ||
| a device that detects, amplifies, and records electrical activity in the brain. | ||
| vivid mental images that may occur just as one enters stage 1 sleep | ||
| difficulty in getting to sleep or staying asleep. | ||
| stage 1 sleep, marked by small irregular brain waves and some alpha waves | ||
| a dream in which the dreamer feels awake and capable of normal thought and action | ||
| a brief shift in brainwave patterns to those of sleep | ||
| physical addictions, as indicated by the presence of drug tolerance and withdrawal symptoms. |