Term 1: Consciousness, Rhythms, REM Sleep, Theories, Drug Use, Dependence, Withdrawal, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Term 1: Consciousness, Rhythms, REM Sleep, Theories, Drug Use, Dependence, Withdrawal and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Consciousness DEFINITION 1 an organism's awareness of its own self and surroundings TERM 2 Circadian Rhythms DEFINITION 2 biological changes that occur on a 24 hour cycle Regulated by a part of the hypothalmus alled the suprachiasmatic nucleus. the SCN receives info about light and darkness from the eyes and them sends control messages to the pineal glnd which releases melatonin a hormone thought to influence sleep, alertness and body temperature. TERM 3 REM Sleep DEFINITION 3 Rapid eye movement in which the person often is dreaming TERM 4 Different theories of sleep DEFINITION 4 evolutionary/circadian theory emphasizes the relationship of sleep to basic circadian rhythms. sleep evolved so that human and nonhuman animals could conserve energy when they were not foraging for food or seeing mates repair/restoration suggests taht sleep helps us recuperate rom delpleting daily activities. TERM 5 Drug use continuum DEFINITION 5 Use- Misuse- Abuse- Dependence-