AP Psychology Chapter 7 Flashcards
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| 7772109799 | consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and our environment driving a car focusing on road and traffic | 0 | |
| 7772109800 | biological rhythms | periodic physiological fluctuations 28 day months cycle annual cycle 24 hour cycle | 1 | |
| 7772109801 | circadian rhythm | the biological clock, regular bodily rhythms 24 daily cycle | 2 | |
| 7772109802 | REM Sleep | rapid eye movement sleep, the stage where vivid dreams most often occur eye twitching | 3 | |
| 7772109803 | Alpha waves | the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state |  | 4 |
| 7772109804 | sleep | periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness sleep, coma | 5 | |
| 7772109805 | hallucinations | false sensory experiences seeing something that isn't actually there | 6 | |
| 7772109806 | delta waves | the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep |  | 7 |
| 7772109807 | insomnia | recurring problems in falling or staying asleep laying awake | 8 | |
| 7772109808 | narcolepsy | a sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks hypersomnia | 9 | |
| 7772109809 | sleep apnea | a sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings stop breathing during sleep | 10 | |
| 7772109810 | night terrors | a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during stage 4 sleep. scream and punch in deep sleep | 11 | |
| 7772109811 | dream | a sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind story while sleeping | 12 | |
| 7772109812 | manifest content | according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream remembering what you dream | 13 | |
| 7772109813 | latent content | according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream significance of dream | 14 | |
| 7772109814 | REM rebound | the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation sleep an hour one day then the next sleep 16 hours | 15 | |
| 7772109815 | hypnosis | a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will occur spontaneously making someone act as if they are a chicken | 16 | |
| 7772109816 | posthypnotic suggestion | a suggestion made during hypnosis session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized someone stop smoking after a hypnotic session | 17 | |
| 7772109817 | dissociation | a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others when someone can think something but have another thought at the same time | 18 | |
| 7772109818 | psychoactive drug | a chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood -cocaine | 19 | |
| 7772109819 | tolerance | the diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug -tolerance to alcohol, based on race | 20 | |
| 7772109820 | withdrawal | the discomfort and distress that follow the discontinued use of an addictive drug -withdrawal from heroin | 21 | |
| 7772109821 | physical dependence | a physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms |  | 22 |
| 7772109822 | psychological dependence | a psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions |  | 23 |
| 7772109823 | addiction | compulsive drug craving and use -caffeine, alcohol, opiates | 24 |