AP Psychology Chapter 7 Flashcards

6372926017	consciousness	our awareness of ourselves and our environment	0
6372926018	biological rhythms	periodic physiological fluctuations	1
6372929140	circadian rhythm	the biological clock, regular bodily rhythms	2
6372929141	REM Sleep	rapid eye movement sleep, the stage where vivid dreams most often occur	3
6372929142	Alpha waves	the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state	4
6372930590	sleep	periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness	5
6372930591	hallucinations	false sensory experiences	6
6372930592	delta waves	the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep	7
6372932453	insomnia	recurring problems in falling or staying asleep	8
6372932454	narcolepsy	a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks	9
6372932455	sleep apnea	a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings	10
6372935627	night terrors	a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during stage 4 sleep.	11
6372937307	dream	a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind	12
6372937308	manifest content	according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream	13
6372938987	latent content	according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream	14
6372938988	REM rebound	the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation	15
6372938989	hypnosis	a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will occur spontaneously	16
6372940997	posthypnotic suggestion	a suggestion made during hypnosis session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized	17
6372942825	dissociation	a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others	18
6372942826	psychoactive drug	a chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood	19
6372942827	tolerance	the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug	20
6372944660	withdrawal	the discomfort and distress that follow the discontinued use of an addictive drug	21
6372944661	physical dependence	a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms	22
6372947072	psychological dependence	a psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions	23
6372947073	addiction	compulsive drug craving and use	24
6372947074	depressants	drugs, that reduce neural activity and slow body functions	25
6372948229	barbiturates	drugs that depress the activity of the CNS, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement	26
6372948230	opiates	opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin, depress neural activity therefore lessening pain	27
6372948231	stimulants	drugs that excite neural activity and speed up bodily functions	28
6372949730	amphetamines	drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes	29
6372949731	methamphetamines	a powerfully addicted drug that stimulates the CNS, speeds up bodily functions while improving mood and energy, lower base line dopamine levels	30
6372951677	ecstasy	a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen, produces euphoria and social intimacy but with short and long term health risks	31
6372951678	hallucinogens	psychedelic drugs such as LSD that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images	32
6372951679	LSD	a powerful hallucinogenic drug	33
6372953268	THC	the major active ingredient in marijuana, triggers a lot of effects including mild hallucinations	34
6372953269	near-death experience	an altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death	35
6372954583	dualism	the presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact	36
6372968642	monism	the presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing	37