Ap Flashcards

12874517769	Hypnosis	a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur	0
12874523335	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	1
12874523337	Dissociation	the separation of ions that occurs when an ionic compound dissolves	2
12874525722	circadian rhythm	the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle	3
12874528079	REM sleep	a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and a high level of brain activity	4
12874531568	sleep	periodic, natural loss of consciousness--as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation	5
12874533967	Hallucinations	false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus	6
12874538181	delta waves	the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep	7
12874542268	NREM sleep	Quiet, typically dreamless sleep in which rapid eye movements are absent; divided into four stages; also called quiet sleep.	8
12874545134	insomnia	recurring problems in falling or staying asleep	9
12874548515	Narcolepsy	A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks. The sufferer may lapse directly into REM sleep, often at inopportune times.	10
12874548516	sleep apnea	a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings	11
12874552555	night terrors	a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during Stage 4 sleep, within two or three hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered	12
12874557930	dream	a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind. Dreams are notable for their hallucinatory imagery, discontinuities, and incongruities, and for the dreamer's delusional acceptance of the content and later difficulties remembering it.	13
12874562635	manifest content	according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream	14
12874587511	Barbiturates	drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system, reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment	15
12874591207	Stimulants	Drugs (such as caffeine, nicotine, and the more powerful amphetamines, cocaine, and Ecstasy) that excite neural activity and speed up body functions.	16
12874594462	Amphetamines	drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing sped-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes	17
12874601283	Methamphetamine	a powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the central nervous system, with speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes; over time, appears to reduce baseline dopamine levels	18
12874604845	ecstacy	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.	19
12874604846	Hallucinogens	psychedelic ("mind-manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input	20
12874612447	near-death experience	When someone about to die has an out of body experience	21
12874615739	William James	founder of functionalism; studied how humans use perception to function in our environment	22
12874615825	Ernest Hilgard	believed hypnosis invovles not only social influences but also a special state of dissociation	23
12874618514	Sigmund Freud	Austrian physician whose work focused on the unconscious causes of behavior and personality formation; founded psychoanalysis.	24