FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VOCAB

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FREE PSYCHOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT VOCAB

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Question 1: Biological Rhythms

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Periodic physiological fluctuations.

Question 2: Opiates

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Opium and its derivatives, such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety.

Question 3: Ectasy (MDMA)

Answer:

A synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen. Produces euphoria and social intimacy, but with short-term health risks and longer-term harm to serotonin-producing neurons and to mood and cognition.

Question 4: Near-death experience

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An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death (such as through cardiac arrest); often similar to drug-induced hallucinations.

Question 5: Dissociation

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A split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others.

Question 6: Dream (continued)

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difficulties remembering it.

Question 7: Sleep

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Periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness - as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation.

Question 8: Hallucinogens

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Psychedelic ("mind manifesting") drugs, such as LSD, that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input.

Question 9: Psychological dependence

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A psychological need to use a drug, such as to relieve negative emotions.

Question 10: Psychoactive drug

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A chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood.

Question 11: Hidden observer

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Hilgard's term describing a hypnotized subject's awareness of experiences, such as pain, that go unreported during hypnosis.

Question 12: Night terrors

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A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified; unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during stage 4 sleep, within 2 or 3 hours of falling asleep, and are seldom remembered.

Question 13: Tolerance

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The diminishing effect with regulare use of the same dose of a drug, requiring the user to take larger and larger doses before experiencing the drug's effect.

Question 14: Sleep apnea

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A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and consequent momentary reawakenings.

Question 15: Amphetamines

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Drugs that stimulate neural activity, causing speeded-up body functions and associated energy and mood changes.

Question 16: Consciousness

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Our awareness of ourselves and our enviroment.

Question 17: Physical dependence

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a Physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued.

Question 18: Monism

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The presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing.

Question 19: Posthypnotic suggestion

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A suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by clinicians to help control undesired symptomsand behaviors.

Question 20: LSD

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A powerful hallucinogens drug: also known as acid (Lysergic acid diethylamide)

Question 21: Hypnosis

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A social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behavior will spontaneously occur.

Question 22: THC

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The major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations.

Question 23: REM rebound

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The tendency for REM sleep to increase REM sleep deprivation (created by repeated awakenings during REM sleep).

Question 24: REM sleep

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Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed (except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active.

Question 25: Withdrawal

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The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug.

Question 26: Dualism

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The presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact.

Question 27: Posthypnotic amnesia

Answer:

Supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis; induced by the hypnotist's suggestion.