Myers Psychology for AP Chapter 5 Dreams and Consciousness Flashcards

Based off of Myers Psychology for AP

1419753591	Dreams	Images/Emotions/Thoughts like hallucinations in sleep. Difficulty remembering them. Used to maybe satisfy wishes, file memories, develop pathways, make sense of mental static, or reflect on development.	0
1419753592	REM Rebound	When deprived of REM sleep, next sleep has more REM sleep.	1
1419753593	Hypnosis	Hypnotist suggests behavior to another that spontaneously occurs. Increased suggestibility state.	2
1419753594	Posthypnotic Suggestions	Suggestions made in hypnosis that carry on after spell breaks. Used to control behavior and symptoms.	3
1419753595	Stage 4 Sleep	Delta Waves. Hard to awaken.	4
1419753596	NREM Sleep	Stages 1-4 sleep	5
1419753597	Insomnia	Reoccurring problems with sleeping	6
1419753598	Ecstasy	MDMA. Mild hallucinogen and stimulent	7
1419753599	Hallucinogens	Make hallucinations. LSD, with effects like a near death experience, and marijuana.	8
1419753600	Physical Dependence	Physical pain and cravings with withdrawal	9
1419753601	Psychological Dependence	Psychological need for a drug	10
1419753602	Addiction	Compulsive cravings for a negative substance	11
1419753603	Cognition	Mental processes	12
1419753604	Dissociation	Split between consciousness levels. Occurs during hypnosis	13
1419753605	Psychoactive Drugs	Chemicals that change perceptions and moods through synapses	14
1419753606	Selective Attention	Being distracted from pain by something else, blocks it out.	15
1419753607	Tolerance	Diminishing effect of a drug, requires larger doses to get same effect.	16
1419753608	Withdrawal	Distress or illness following the end of using a drug	17
1419753609	Night Terrors	High arousal and terror in stage 4 sleep. Not remembered.	18
1419753610	Manifest content	From Freud. Remembered storyline of a dream	19
1419753611	Latent Content	From Freud. Dream's underlying message	20
1419753612	Amphetamines	Cocaine and Ecstasy. Increased heartbeat, breathing, and energy.	21
1419753613	Methamphetamine	Greater affects than amphetamines. Meth	22
1419753614	Caffeine	Widely consumed. Doesn't last long. Over time, can have withdrawal.	23
1419753615	Nicotine	Cigarettes. Very addictive and dangerous	24
1419753616	Sleep	Reoccurring loss in consciousness. Helps body recuperate, make memories, and plays a role in growth.	25
1419753617	Narcolepsy	Periodic overwhelming sleepiness.	26
1419753618	Sleep Apnea	Temporary lack of breathing during sleep.	27
1419753619	Alcohol	Disinhibits, slows processing, memory disruption, reduced self-awareness.	28
1419753620	Barbiturate	Tranquilizers. Mimic effects of alcohol.	29
1419753621	Opiates	Opium and heroin. With time will stop body from making endorphins.	30
1419753622	Stage 3 Sleep	Transition stage	31
1419753623	Delta Waves	Large and slow waves that occur in stage 4 sleep.	32
1419753624	Depressants	Alcohol, Barbiturates, and opiates. Calm and slow body.	33
1419753625	Sleep Spindles	Bursts of rapid and rhythmic brain wave activity that happen in stage 2 sleep.	34
1419753626	Stage 2 sleep	Have sleep spindles and sleeptalking. Now truly asleep.	35
1419753627	Alpha waves	Slow waves when relaxed but still awake.	36
1419753628	Hallucinations	False sensory experiences	37
1419753629	Stage 1 sleep	Hallucinations and hypnagogic feelings. Very brief	38
1419753630	Hypnagogic	Falling or floating feeling	39
1419753631	Consciousness	Awareness of ourselves and environment	40
1419753632	Circadian Rhythm	24 hour biological clock.	41
1419753633	Suprachiasmatic Nucleus	Causes pinal gland to either produce sleep causing melatonin or stop it to make circadian rhythm.	42
1419753634	REM Sleep	Rapid Eye Movement sleep, dreams occur. Body relaxed, other systems active.	43
1419753635	Stimulants	C affine , nicotine. Arouse and excite body and neural paths.	44