Chapter 7 - States of Consciousness - Vocabulary List
? CREATEDATE ?1/1/11 6:11 PM? Psychology Chapter 7 Review States of Consciousness consciousness: our awareness of ourselves and our environments subconscious: consciousness just below our present awareness unconscious: thoughts or desires about which we can have no direct knowledge chronobiology: the study of forces that control the body at different times of the day, month, or year construct: a concept requiring a belief in something that cannot be seen or touched but that seems to exist free-running cycles: cycles set up by biological clocks that are under their own control, ignoring the environment entrainment: process of altering the free-running cycle to fit a different rhythm