Consciousness
What do we call awareness of our environment and ourselves?
What is consciousness
The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour cycle is called
What is circadian rhythm
According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream
What is manifest content
The sleep disorder that causes you to stop breathing and awaken in order to take a breath
What is sleep apnea
The category of drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions
What are stimulants
The principle that information is processed on both the high and low tracks at the same time.
What is dual processing?
The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
What are alpha waves
According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream
What is latent content
What is narcolepsy
Which drug acts as a stimulant and hallucinogen and can cause dangerous dehydration
What is Ecstasy
You and a friend are in a heated tennis match. Because of your focus on the game, you don’t realize that your friends are walking past the court on their way to lunch. This is an example of:
What is inattentional blindness?
The stages of deep sleep needed to feel refreshed after waking
What are stages 3 and 4
The dream theory that explains dreams help us sort out the day's events and consolidate our memories
What is information-processing
Recurring problems with inability to fall asleep or stay asleep is referred to as
What is insomnia
What are the three major categories of drugs
What are stimulants, depressants, and hallucinogens
You are able to have a conversation with your friend in a crowded lunchroom, ignoring all of the other conversations and music around you because of:
What is Selective Attention?
The sleep stage most necessary for optimal overall health effects
What are two differences between night terrors and dreams?
Night terrors occur earlier in the sleep cycle and people usually do not remember them.
Children are more likely to experience these moments of high arousal appearing terrified, but they seldom remember these episodes.
What are night terrors
The effects of opiates are similar to the effects of which neurotransmitters?
What are endorphins
Mary suffers from a condition and can respond to visual stimulants but cannot consciously experience what she is seeing.
What is blindsight?
Sam and his wife have just had a baby, Brad, who is colicky and screams through most of the night, frequently waking Joe and disrupting his REM sleep. One night however, Brad slept through the night. Joe fell almost directly into REM sleep and had more frequent REM sleep than he normally would. This phenomenon is referred to as
What is REM rebound?
A suggestion made in a hypnosis session to be carried out in daily life after the hypnosis session has ended. Used to stop some behaviors or reduce symptoms. For example, “food is for nutrition, friends are for comfort.”
What is post hypnotic suggestion?
Sleep apnea is associated with this health issue
What is obesity
What term describes continued substance craving and use despite significant life disruption and/or physical risk?