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Therapy
Consciousness
Sleep
100
an interactive experience with a trained professional, working on understanding and changing behavior, thinking, relationships, and emotions
What is psychotherapy?
100
“our awareness of ourselves and our environment.”
What is consciousness?
100
refers to the body’s natural 24-hour cycle, roughly matched to the day/night cycle of light and dark.
What is circadian rhythm?
200
the use of medications and other procedures acting directly on the body to reduce the symptoms of mental disorders
What is biomedical therapy?
200
our brain is able to choose a focus and select what to notice.
What is selective attention?
200
the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
What are alpha waves?
300
An ____ approach uses techniques from various forms of therapy to fit the client’s problems, strengths, and preferences.
What is eclectic?
300
we can focus our mental spotlight on a conversation even when other conversations are going on around us. This is known as the ______ effect
What is cocktail party effect?
300
the sleep stage that involves periodic sleep spindles; sleep talking
What is stage 2?
400
This is how client-centered therapists show that they are tuning in to clients’ feelings and meanings.
What is active listening?
400
failing to notice a change after a brief interruption
What is change blindness?
400
the slow waves associated with deep sleep
What are delta waves?
500
When a person has been conditioned to have a positive association with a drug, __________can associate the drug with a negative response
What is aversive conditioning?
500
failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere
What is inattentional blindness?
500
the stage in which sleep paralysis and rapid eye movement occurs
What is REM sleep?