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Stream of consciousness
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Term used by William James to describe the mind as a continuous flow of changing sensations, images, thoughts, and feelings.
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consciousness
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An individual's awareness of external events and internal sensations under a condition of arousal, including awareness of the self and thoughts about one's experiences.
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Controlled processes
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The most alert states of human consciousness, during which individuals actively focus their efforts toward a goal.
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Automatic processes
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States of consciousness that require little attention and do not interfere with other ongoing activities
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Unconscious thought
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According to Freud, a reservoir of unacceptable wishes, feelings, and thoughts that are beyond conscious awareness; Freud's interpretation viewed the unconscious as a storehouse for vile thoughts.
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Sleep
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A natural state of rest for the body and mind that involves the reversible loss of consciousness.
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Biological rhythms
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Periodic physiological fluctuations in the body, such as the rise and fall of hormones and accelerated and decelerated cycles of brain activity, that can influence our behavior.
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circadian rhythms
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Daily behavioral or physiological cycles. Daily circadian rhythms involve the sleep/wake cycle, body temperature, blood pressure, and blood sugar level.
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus
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A small brain structure that uses input from the retina to synchronize its own rhythm with the daily cycle of light and dark; the mechanism by which the body monitors the change from day to night.
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REM sleep
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An active stage of sleep during which dreaming occurs.
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Manifest content
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According to Freud, the surface content of a dream, containing dream symbols that disguise the dream's true meaning.
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Latent content
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According to Freud, a dream's hidden content; its unconscious and true meaning.
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Cognitive theory of dreaming
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Theory proposing that we can understand dreaming by applying the same cognitive concepts we use in studying the waking mind; rests on the idea that dreams are essentially subconscious cognitive processing involving information and memory.
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Activation-synthesis theory
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Theory that dreaming occurs when the cerebral cortex synthesizes neural signals generated from activity in the lower part of the brain and that dreams result from the brain's attempts to find logic in random brain activity that occurs during sleep.
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Psychoactive drugs
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Drugs that act on the nervous system to alter consciousness, modify perception, and change mood.
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