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Psychology Terms

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depressants
drugs that slow down the nervous system.
hypnosis
altered state of conciousness characterized by deep relaxation and suggestibility which a person voluntarily enters through the efforts of a hypnotist
altered states of conciousness
deviations in subjective experience froma normal working state
sleep disorders
chronic syndromw of disrupted sleep
latent content
accorsding to freuds dram theory the meaning that underlies the symbolism in a dream
hallucinogens
drugs that produce hallucinations; LCD, PCP, shrooms
stimulants
drugs that increase alertness, energy, and autonomis reactivity.
manifest content
the obvious story line of a dream
REM sleep
period of sleep during which darting eye movement occur, autonomic activity increases, and patterns of brain activity resemble those observed in waking states.
stage 4 sleep
mostly delta waves
stage 3 sleep
the first appearance of delta waves
stage 2 sleep
marked by sleep spindles
stage 1 sleep
the transition into sleep
circadian rhythm
biological rhythms that evolved aorund the daily cycles of light and dark
repression
defense mechanism in which thoughts that are too anxiety-provoking to acknowlege are kept from concious awareness.
daydreaming
part of the flow of consciousness in which attention turns from external stimuli to internal thoughts
attention
the process of focusing conciousness on a limited range of experience.
awareness
a continuum of experience that ranges from conciousness to peripheral awareness.

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