Consciousness
Delusion
a false idea that seems real.
Addiction
a person's body craves a drug to feel normal.
Biofeedback
a system that provides information about something happening in your body.
Narcotics
addictive depressants that have been used to relieve pain and induce sleep.
Hypnosis
altered state of consciousness during which people respond to suggestions and behave as though they are in a trance.
Intoxication
another work for drunkenness.
Sleep Apnea
breathing interruption that occurs during sleep.
Unconscious
contains information not available to awareness under most circumstances.
Night Terror
disturbing dreams that are similar to, but more severe than, nightmares.
Stimulants
drugs that increase the activity of the central nervous system.
Hallucinogens
drugs that produce hallucinations.
Depressants
drugs that slow the activity of the nervous system.
Biofeedback training
enables people to control bodily functions previously regarded as not subject to conscious control.
Selective Attention
focus on a particular stimulus.
Narcolepsy
rare sleep problem in which people suddenly fall asleep.
Circadian Rhythms
sequence of bodily changes that occurs in humans every 24 hours.
Stimulus
something that causes a response.
REM sleep
stage of sleep during which the eyes move rapidly beneath the lids.
Altered State of Consciousness
state in which a person's sense of self or sense of the world changes.
Amphetamines
stimulants that help people stay awake and reduce appetite.
Posthypnotic Suggestion
technique in which a therapist gives instructions during hypnosis that are to be carried out after the session has ended.
Consciousness
the awareness of things that are both inside and outside ourselves.
Detoxification
the removal of the harmful substance from the body.
Construct
a concept, model, or schematic idea.
Construct
Like intelligence and emotion, consciousness is considered a psychological ________ because it cannot be seen or measured.
REM phase
Most vivid dreams occur in the __________ of sleep.
Preconscious
ideas not in your awareness now but can be recalled or remembered.
Insomnia
inability to sleep.
Nonconscious
level at which many basic biological functions occur, such as breathing.
Sleepwalkers
may roam during stages of deep sleep.
Altered
meditation, biofeedback, and hypnosis are all ways of achieving an ______ state of consciousness.
Meditation
method some people use to try to narrow their consciousness and make the stresses of the outside world fade away.
Neuron
nerve cell.
Hallucination
perception of an object that seems real but is not.
Four Levels of Consciousness
preconscious, unconscious, nonconscious, altered state of consciousness.