| A | B |
|---|
| alcohol | The most widely abused drug in America |
| opiates | Includes opium, heroine, morphine; result in pain reduction/euphoria. loss of control of breathing |
| hallucinogens | Produce hallucinations (LSD) |
| hallucinations | perceptions that have no direct external cause |
| marijuana | Distorts perceptions when smoked or ingested; THC is active ingredient |
| neurotransmitters | Drugs act like these to change the messages being sent to the brain and body |
| meditation | focussing attention to clear one's mind and produce relaxtion |
| transcendental meditation | Involves repetition of mantra to achieve meditation |
| mindfulness meditation | Involves moving focus through body during meditation |
| breath meditation | concentrating on one's respiration to achieve meditation |
| biofeedback | Learning to control body states using feedback from machines |
| posthypnotic suggestion | SUggestion made during hypnosis that influences the participant's behavior afterward |
| Ernest Hildegard | Believed in the dissassociation or "hidden observer" theory in hypnosis |
| Theodore baker | Believed that hypnosis is just a result of suggestibility |
| hypnosis | Sate of Consciousness resulting from narrowed focus and heightened by suggestion |
| Sigmund Freud | Believed dreams contained clues to our inner-most thoughts |
| Nathaniel Kleitman | Believed that dreams were just a result of cells in the brain being stimulated |
| Francis Crick | Believed dreams are a way for the brain to remove uneededn memories |
| sleepwalking | Sleep disorder where person carries out normal behaviors while sleeping |
| narcolepsy | Characterized by suddenly falling asleep or feeling very sleepy during the day. |
| sleep apnea | Sleep disorder in whic a person has a difficult time breathing |
| insomnia | proloneged and abnormal ability to sleep at night. |
| circadian rhythm | Biological clock that is programmed to regulate physiological activity over a 24-25 hour time period |
| REM sleep | Stage of sleep; Rapid Eye Movement, high level of brain activity; most dreams occur during this stage |
| Stage IV | Deepest sleep stage |
| Stage I | Sleep period of "dozing off;" lasts abot 10 minutes |
| consciousness | State of awareness including a person's feelings, sensations, ideas and perceptions |
