Psychology Chapter: Consciousness and Dreams

Awareness of oneself and one's environment.

Information that is not conscious but is retrievable into conscious awareness.

Reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories of which we are unaware but which influences our behavior.

<p>An iceberg.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A psychoanalytic technique in which the therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the client's dreams.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The remembered story line of a dream.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cycles that occur in our bodies on a yearly basis, such as SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), birds migrating south, or bears hibernating</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cycles that occur every month, such as a woman's menstrual cycle.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A 24-hour rhythm, such as the body clock (body temperature and wakefulness).</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>A signal or message designed to pass below the normal limits of perception.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Application of subliminal messaging used by advertisers to influence consumers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Unique phase of sleep distinguishable by random/rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied with low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any significant loss of sleep, resulting in problems in concentration, irritability, and increased risk to physical health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any state which is significantly different from a normative waking beta wave state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state of highly focused attention or concentration, often associated with relaxation, and heightened suggestibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The focusing of attention to a particular stimulus such as breathing or a mantra, which produces relaxation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drugs including those that increase activity of the body and are pleasurable and invigorating.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A type of drug that alters perception of reality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A drug that lowers neurotransmission levels, which is to depress or reduce arousal or stimulation, in various areas of the brain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drug that relieves pain and induces sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers