Sleep Cycle | Psychoactive Drugs | Conscious and Unconscious | Developmental Psychology | Psychological Disorders |
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Narcolepsy
Name this disorder - you may fall asleep at unpredictable or inappropriate times
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An addiction
what is an extreme dependence, with signs of tolerance and withdrawal in which long-term costs are ignored in favor of short-term pleasures.
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Psychodynamic Approach
Which approach of psychology asserts that people are motivated by unconscious drives and conflicts?
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Developmental psychology
The branch of psychology that focuses on how people grow and change over a course of a lifetime.
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DSM-5
What is the book or mental of mental disorders
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Sleep apnea
Name this disorder - A person stops breathing during their sleep. (Wake up momentarily, gasps for air, then falls back asleep)
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Opiates
morphine and heroin are both forms of __________
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positive correlations
What type of correlation indicates a direct relationship between two things that increase together?
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contact comfort
physical & emotional comfort infants get from being touched by their mother
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Anxiety disorder
What is a state of uneasiness that occurs in response to a vague or imagined danger
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Stage 2
People spend approximately 50% of their total sleep in this stage, You become less aware of your surroundings and drift to deeper sleep.
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Withdrawal
What is a strongly negative reaction (often including vomiting, cramps, and headaches) that occurs when one stops taking a drug
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negative correlation
What type of correlation indicates an inverse relationship: As one thing increases, the other decreases.
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Imprinting
process by which some animals form immediate attachments during a critical period.
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Phobic disorder
What is the excessive or irrational fear out of proportion to the actual danger
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EEG Machine
An invention that allowed scientists to study sleep in ways that were not previously possible
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Depressants
These are drugs such as alcohol, barbiturates (tranquilizers), & opiates that calm neural activity & slow body functions
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Phineas Gage
Famous person / case study where a psychologists credit finding out more information of how the frontal cortex of the brain works?
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Maturation
internally programed & sequential growth of a child (Ex: crawl before walk)
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Agoraphobia
What is the fear of crowds or public places, having panic attacks.
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1. Regular exercise in the am
2. Unplug from electronics before bed 3. Stay away from caffeine in the afternoon
Name three natural treatments for insomnia
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Hallucinogens
What type of drug is LSD
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Common Fate Perception
The perception of objects that are moving together as belonging together.
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Object Permanence
understanding that something exists even when they can’t be seen or touched.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
What is the disorder where individuals are unable to stop thinking the same thoughts or performing the same tasks
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