UNIT 5: STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS, MYERS AP PSYCHOLOGY, 3RD EDITION QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS

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consciousness Correct Answer our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment hypnosis Correct Answer a social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subj... ect) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur posthypnotic suggestion Correct Answer a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors dissociation Correct Answer a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others sleep Correct Answer a periodic, natural loss of consciousness — as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation circadian rhythm Correct Answer our biological clock; regular bodily rhythms (for example, of temperature and wakefulness) that occur on a 24-hour cycle REM sleep Correct Answer 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 alpha waves Correct Answer the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state NREM sleep Correct Answer non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for REM sleep [Show More]

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