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AP Psychology Test - States of consciousness and other units
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depersonalization?
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That name is given to psychoactive drugs that induce alteration in consciousness including a sense of timeliness and feelings of
The name given to the process in which an individual experiences sensations in on sensory modality that are characteristic of another.
Hallucinogen derived from a fungus that grows on a rye grain; accidently ingested by Albert Hoffmann in 1943.
A chemical extracted from the coca leaf that is used to induce mental alertness and euphoria.
One of the opiates that is prized for the ability to relieve pain and induce euphoria.
An addictive stimulant derived from tobacco that is used to regulate physical and mental arousal.
A Classification of psychoactive drugs that increase central nervous system activity.
The most widely abused addictive drug in the world; commonly found in beverages and used to reduce social inhibitions.
A classification of psychoactive drugs that inhibit activity in the central nervous system.
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during REM sleep.
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Chemicals that induce changes in mood, thinking, perception, and behavior by affecting neuronal activity in the brain.
In Atlanta ,GA, (1886) john Pemberton concocted a combination of caffeine, cocaine, sugar, and carbonated sugar water, and called it
The name given to a depressant used to induce sleep or anesthesia; characterized by a sense of the loss of pain.
A stimulant found in a wide variety of products including coffee, tea, soft drinks, and stimulant tablets (used to increase mental alertness.
the name given to the unconscious perception of stimuli that are too weak to exceed the absolute threshold for detection?
A decrease in psychological responsiveness to a drug and increasingly higher doses to achieve the desired effect?
The intense desire to achieve the intoxicated state induced by drugs.
The name under which major tranquilizers is classified.
One of the reasons humans take drugs.
A barbiturate used in general anesthetic in surgery
Ancient Samarians called this psychoactive drug the fruit of the plant of joy.
The street name for amphetamine.
The chemical found in magic mushrooms that cause psychedelic alterations in consciousness.
The drug that is sometimes called Saint Anthony’s Fire.
A hallucinogen derived from the hemp plant and ingested in the form of marijuana or hashish.
The street name for lysergic acid
A state in which the mind is split into two or more independent streams of consciousness.
Earnest Hilgard’s term for the part of the hypnotized person’s consciousness that is not under the hypnotist’s control.
The theory that hypnosis induces a dissociate state of consciousness; the most widely accepted theory of hypnosis today
Suggestions direction subjects to carry out particular behaviors after leaving the hypnotic state.
The name given to the hypnotic enhancement of recall.
An induced state of consciousness in which one person responds to the suggestions by another; alterations in perception, thinking and
The theory that dreams are the by-product of the mind’s attempt to make sense of the physiological changes generated by the PONS
Sigmund Freud’s term for the verbally reported dream?
The name given to the ability to understand that you are dreaming and change the direction of the dream.
Sigmund Freud’s term for the true, though disguised, meaning of a dream.
Name given to a frightening NREM experience common in childhood in which the subject speaks incoherently then falls back to sleep.
A story like sequence of visual images occurring during REM sleep.
The name given to frightening REM dreams.
The name given to chronic difficulty in either falling asleep of staying asleep.
A condition in which an awake person suffers from repeated, sudden, and irresistible REM sleep attacks.
One of the three theories as to the function of sleep.
A condition in which a person who is asleep, awakes repeatedly in order to breathe.
The shortening of the sleep wake cycle, as occurs when traveling from West to East.
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The scientific name given to sleep walking.
The stage of sleep not associated with rapid eye movement and marked by relatively little dreaming.
Lengthening the sleep-wake cycle, as occurs when traveling from East to West.
The name given to the High frequency brain waves which mark an alert mental state.
A variation of Transcendental Meditation in which the subject behaves as he/she did as a child.
A procedure that uses mental exercise to achieve highly focused state of consciousness.
A hypnotic state in which the individual apparently behaves as he did as a child.
The theory that illnesses were caused by imbalances in a form of energy called animal magnetism.
One of the perpetual evidences that hypnosis has validity.
One of the cognitive evidences that hypnosis has validity
Lower frequency brain waves characterized by a relaxed introspective mental state.
Twenty-four hour cycles of psychological and physiological changes, most notably the sleep-wake cycle.
The process by which an individual focuses awareness on certain contents of consciousness while ignoring others.
An endocrine gland that secrets a hormone that has a general tranquilizing effect.
An endocrine hormone whose secretions varies with light levels; decreasing in daylight and increasing in darkness
A stage of consciousness that involves shifting attention from external stimuli to self generated thoughts and images.
The awareness of one’s own mental activity, including thoughts, feelings and behaviors.
The field that applies psychological principles to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of psychological disorders.
62. ______________ The field that studies the relationship between physiological and psychological processes.
63. ______________ The field of psychology that is primarily concerned with laboratory research on basic psychological processes including perception,
learning, motivation, and emotion.
64. ______________ Psychological research aimed at improving the quality of life and solving practical problems.
65. ______________ The psychological perspective that favors the study of how the mind organizes perceptions, processes, information, and interprets
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66. ______________ The psychological viewpoint that stresses the importance of the unconscious mind in human behavior.
67. ______________ The psychological perspective that holds that the proper subject matter of psychology in the individual’s subjective experience in the real
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68. ______________ A form of Humanistic Psychology that emphasizes subjective mental experience and free will.
70. ______________ The psychological perspective that descended from the works of Sigmund Freud; it places less emphasis on biological motives and more
on interpersonal perspectives.
71. ______________ A model that determines the appropriate goals, methods, and subject matter of a science.
72. ______________ The physiological perspective that descended from the work of john B. Watson: the importance of studying environmental influences on
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74. ______________ The Freudian assumption that all behaviors are influenced by unconscious motives.
74. ______________ The father of psychology, he performed the first laboratory controlled psychological experiment.
75. ______________ An early school of psychology that claimed that we perceive and think about wholes rather than simply about combinations of separate elements.
76. ______________ The apparent motion caused by presentation of different stimuli in rapid succession.
77. ______________ The early school of psychology that studied how the conscious mind helps the individual adapt to the environment.
78. ______________ The early school of psychology that sought to identify components of the conscious mind.
79. ______________ A form of learning in which a behavior becomes more or less probable, depending on its consequences.
80. ______________ The principal that a more probable behavior can be used as a reinforcer for a less probable one.
81. ______________ The major figure in the Behavior perspective of behavior.
82. ______________ The man who discovered the principal of Instrumental conditioning
83. ______________ The study of the relationship between the physical characteristics of stimuli and the conscious psychological experience the produce.
84. ______________ The philosophical position the true knowledge comes through the senses.
85. ______________ The philosophical position that true knowledge comes through correct reasoning.
86. _______________ An aversive event that decreases the behavior that it follows.
87. _______________ The school of psychology that reflected the influence of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution; the role of inherited characteristics in adaption to
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88. _______________ The major figure in the American School of Functionalism.
89. _______________ Along with Wilhelm Wundt he founded the school of Structuralism.
90. _______________ The area of the left frontal lobe that directs the muscle movements involved in speech.
91. _______________ A nerve cell; the basic building block of the nervous system.
92. _______________ The name given to a type of learning in which desired behavior is strengthened if followed by positive reinforcement.
93. _______________ The name given to the weakening of a conditioned response.
94. _______________ The initial stage of learning during which a response is established and gradually strengthened.
95. _______________ Another name for Insight Learning.
96. _______________ A research method in which highly trained subjects report the contents of their conscious mental experience.
97. _______________ The school of psychology in which Analytical introspection was used.
98. _______________ Reinforcing a response only part of the time.
99. _______________ The reappearance of a conditioned response after extinction has taken place.
100. _______________ The name given to the acceptance of several aspects of different perspectives of psychology; an important modern point of view.
101. _______________ He was the first to prove that behavior can be conditioned.
102. _________________A source of knowledge based on the assumption that knowledge comes from the objective systematic observation and measurement of
particular variables and the events they offer.
age regression
ah ha principle
alpha waves
amphetamines
attention
activation-synthesis theory
acquisition
analytical introspection
applied research
antipsychotic drugs
barbiturates
beta-waves
biopsychology
behavioral perspective
Broca’s area
caffeine
cannabis sativa
circadian rhythms
cocaine
coca cola
clinical psychology
consciousness
cognitive perspective
daydreaming
depressants
dream
dissociation
differential psychology
eclectic psychology
ethyl alcohol
experimental psychology
existential psychology
empiricism
extinction
functionalism
Gestalt psychology
hallucinogens
hormones
hidden observer
hypnosis
hypermnesia
humanistic perspective
instrumental learning
insomnia
William James
LSD
latent content
latent learning
learning
lucid dreams
lysergic acid diethylamide
melatonin
manifest content
meditation
morphine
mesmerism
narcolepsy
neodissociation
nicotine
night terrors
nightmare
neuron
NREM sleep
observational learning
operant conditioning
opium
Ivan Pavlov
psilocybin
pain relief
partial reinforcement
pineal gland
phase advance
phase delay
posthypnotic suggestion
psychic determinism
psychoactive drugs
psychoanalytic perspective
psychological dependence
Premack principle
psychophysics
punishment
primary reinforcement
rationalism
relaxation response
REM sleep
restorative
B F Skinner
spontaneous recovery
School of Psychoanalysis
sleep apnea
somnambulism
“speed”
social psychology
sodium pentothal
stimulants
synesthesia
scientific method
scientific paradigm
structuralism
subliminal perception
Edward Tichener
Edward Thorndike
Tolerance
Wilhelm Wundt
Phi phenomenon