psych chapter 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and the environment, changes in predictable ways without help from drugs |
| biological rythm | periodic fluctuation in a biological system, may or may not have psychological implications |
| circadian rythm | biological rythm with a period of about 24 hours |
| SCN suprachiasmatic | area of brain containing biological clock that governs circadian rythms |
| melatonin | a hormone secreted by the pineal gland that is involved in the regulation of daily biological rythms |
| seasonal affective disorder | a controversial disorder in which a person expereinces depression during winter and improved mood in spring |
| REM sleep | sleep periods characterized by eye movement loss of muscle tone and vivid dreams |
| sleep apnea | disorder in which breathing briefly stops during sleep causing person to choke and gasp and awaken |
| lucid dreams | dreamer is aware of dreaming |
| psychoanalytic theory of dreams | they allow us to express forbidden or unrealistic wishes and desires that have been forced into the unconscious part of the mind and disguised as symbolic images |
| cognitive approach to dreams | emphasizes current concerns but it makes no clams about problem dolving during sleep |
| activation synthesis theory of dreams | dreams are not children of an idle brain rather they are result of neurons firing in pons |
| hypnosis | procedure, practitioner suggests changes in a sunjects sensations, perceptions, thoughts, feelings, behavior |
| sociocognitive explanation of hypnosis | effects of hypnosis result from an interaction between the social influence of the hypnotist and the abilities, beliefs and explanations of the subject |
| psychoactive drugs | drugs capable of influenceing perception, mood, cognition, or behavior |
| stimulants | drugs produce feelings of excitement confidence and well being or euphoria, speed up activity in CNS |
| depressants | drugs that slow activity in the CNS |
| opiates | drugs that relieve pain and produce euphoria |
| tolerance | increased resistance to a drugs effects accompanying continued use |
| think drink effect | men behaved more belligerentlyw hen they thought they were drinking vodka than when they thought they were drinking water, regardless of the actual content |
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