an uncommon sleep disorder characterized by brief attacks of REM sleep, often at inopportune moments
What is narcolepsy?
100
a systematic narrowing of attention that slows the metabolism and helps produce feelings or relaxation
What is meditation
100
drugs that slow the activity of the nervous system
What is depressants?
100
a false sensory perception that occurs in the absence of any actual stimulus
What is hallucination?
200
the focusing of attention on a particular stimulus
What is selective attention?
200
a sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and apparent terror; unlike nightmares, night terrors are seldom remembered
What is night terror?
200
a condition in which people appear to be highly suggestible and to behave as if they are in a trance
What is hypnosis?
200
a drug means that after a person takes that drug for a while, the body craves it just to feel normal
What is an addiction?
200
a type of drug that dulls the senses, relieves pain, and induces sleep; the term is usually reserved for those drugs derived from the opium poppy plant
What is narcotic?
300
descriptive information that is not conscious but is retrievable into conscious awareness
What is preconscious?
300
a regular sequence of biological processes, such as temperature and sleep, that occurs every 24 hours
What is circadian rhythm?
300
a system for monitoring and feeding back information about certain biological processes, such as blood pressure
What is biofeedback?
300
in contrast to depressants, increase the activity of the nervous system
What is stimulants?
300
a type of stimulant often used to stay awake or to reduce appetite
What is amphetamine?
400
a type of consciousness other than normal walking consciousness
What is altered state of consciousness?
400
a sleep disorder characterized by recurring problems in falling asleep or staying sleep
What is insomnia?
400
instructions given to a person under hypnosis that are supposed to be carried out after the hypnosis session has ended
What is posthypnotic suggestion?
400
a drug that produces hallucinations
What is hallucinogen?
400
a feeling of great happiness or well-being
What is euphoria?
500
a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories of which we are unaware but which influences our behavior
What is unconscious?
500
a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and linked to dreaming
What is rapid-eye-movement sleep?
500
something that causes a response
What is stimulus?
500
the removal of the harmful substance from the body, weans addicts from the drug while restoring their health
What is detoxification?
500
an erroneous belief, as of persecution or grandeur, that may accompany certain psychotic disorders