Sleep & Drugs
Intense nightmare with screaming, sweating, etc.
What is Night Terror?
Memory that lasts for 30 seconds or less
What is Short Term Memory?
A disorder in which a person has difficulty recovering after experiencing or witnessing a terrifying event
What is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder)?
Part of the eye that converts electromagnetic light energy to electrical impulses for transmission to the brain
What is Retina?
The occurrence of anxiety without a known or foreseen reason and causes distress. Example: Phobias
What is Anxiety Disorder?
Type of drug that raises levels of physiological or nervous activity in the body. Example: Adderall
What is Stimulants?
Memory that is stored on a semi-permanent basis and is hard to retrieve
What is Long Term Memory?
Efforts to reduce or control stress
What is Coping?
Threshold with the smallest intensity needed to determine a stimulus
What is Absolute?
Characterized by the elevation or lowering of a person's mood. Example: Depression
What is Mood Disorder?
Type of drug that reduces functional or nervous activity. Example: Alcohol
What is Depressant?
What is Recognition?
Type of stressor that occurs suddenly and affects many people
What is Cataclysmic Stressor?
Activation of the sensory organs by a source of physical energy
What is Sensation?
Behavior that causes people distress and prevents them from functioning in their daily life
What is Abnormal Behavior?
Anything or substance that alters a person's perspective, behavior, and emotions
What is Psycho Active Drugs?
Memory for a certain set of skills and habits
What is Procedural Memory?
Identify the main emotion and then switch to a better one
What is Emotion-Focused Coping?
The sorting out of information from stimuli with our sensory organs
What is Perception?
A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states
What is Dissociative Identity Disorder?
Where dreaming occurs
What is REM (Rapid Eye Movement)?
General knowledge and facts about the world
What is Semantic Memory?
Personality trait in which one is persistent
What is Hardiness?
Processing style where perception is guided by a higher level of knowledge and experience
What is Top Down?
Maladaptive behaviors that cause distress in functioning. Example: Borderline Personality Disorder
What is Personality Disorder?