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Sleepwalking-walk around and sometimes perform other actions while asleep
Application-Parasomnias are the class of sleep disorders associated with abnormal sleep time behavior.

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Term:Signal detection theory
Definition:the study of people's tendencies to make correct judgment in detecting the presence of stimuli
Application: when you walk to your car that is parked in an empty parking lot late at night all by yourself, you might be much more aware of noises because the situation is somewhat threatening

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binocular fusion
when two images merge together between the two eyes

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Psychophysics-the branch of psychology that deals with the relationships between physical stimuli and mental phenomena.

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circadian rhythm - The rythym of activity and inactivity lasting approximatly one day.

Example- Sleep patterns according to day or night

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Posthypnotic suggestion
A suggestion made to a hypnotized person that specifies an action to be performed after awakening, often in response to a cue.
The therapist made a posthypnotic suggest to walk backwards to  the patient.

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Hypnosis- a state of consciousness resulting from a narrowed focus of attention and characterized by heightened suggestibility

Example- The perfomer used hypnosis to make someone act like a chicken.

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Insomnia- having a hard time sleeping, always up.
example- if i had insomnia then i would not be able to sleep and i would stay awake for long periods of time.

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Absolute Threshold: the weakest amount of a stimulus required to produce a sensation
Example: Vision- seeing a candle flame 30 miles away on a clear night; Hearing- hearing a watch ticking 20 feet away; Taste- tasting a teaspoon of sugar dissolved into 2 gallons of water; Smell- smelling 1 drop of perfume in a 3-room house; Touch- feeling a bee's wing falling a distance of 1 centimeter onto your cheek

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Retinal Disparity : The difference between images on the retinas.
Example: Bring an object your eyes, with out moving it look at the object with one eye and then the other. You will see a difference in the two images because of the different viewpoint each eye has.

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Auditory nerve- a sensory found in the head and transmits information from the inner ear into the brain.
Example: The mans auditory nerve was damaged , it caused him to be deaf.

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REM sleep: a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, a high level of brain activity, a deep relaxation of the muscles, and dreaming
Application: When most dreaming normally takes place
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Night terrors: Sleep disruption that occurs during Stage IV of sleep, involving screaming, panic, and confusion
Jemmy had night terrors last night

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Extrasencory Perception (ESP): An ability to gain information by some means other than the ordinary senses.
Example: Clairvoyance/Telepathy

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a condition characterized by suddenly falling asleep or feeling very sleepy during the day

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Subliminal Messages:  brief auditory or visual messages that are presented below the absolute threshold
Example: commercials advertising something with a visual message or auditory message

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Retina :a layer at the back of the eyeball containing cells that are sensitive to light and that trigger nerve impulses that pass via the optic nerve to the brain, where a visual image is formed.

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Olfactory Nerve:  The nerve that carries smell impulses from the nerve to the brain.

Example:  For you to taste something, the appropriate liquid chemicals must stimulate receptors in the taste buds on your tongue.

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Activates anytime a stimulus activates a receptor.

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the organization of sensory information into meaningful experiences

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Term: Difference Threshold

Definition: The smallest change in a physical stimulus that can be detected half the time.
Example: Being in a dark room and being able to tell the difference in brightness between lights.

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Term: Signal Detection Theory
Definition: the study of people's tendencies to make correct judgments in detecting the presence of stimuli
Application: A radar operator being able to detect an airplane on a radar screen even if the planes blip is faint and difficult to distinguish

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Meditation
A practice of when a person tries to clear their mind of all thought.

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Term: Hallucinogens
Definition: Drugs that often produce hallucinations.
Application: The application of a hallucinogen is so that you can obtain a high and feeling of euphoria.

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Term: Lens
Definition : A flexible,elastic, transparent structure in the eye that changes its shape to focus light on the retina
Example:

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Term: Consciousness

Definition: A state of awareness, including a person's feeling, sensations, ideas, and perceptions.

Example: Being awake and active is being in a state of consciousness.

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Term: Extrasensory Perception

Definition: An ability to gain information by some means other than the ordinary senses

Example: Telepathy- reading someone's mind or transferring thoughts, Precognition- the ability to foretell events (fortune telling)

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Hypnosis- a state of consciousness resulting from a narrowed focus of attention and characterized by heightened suggestibility.

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Term&Definition: Hallucinations- are perceptions that have no direct external cause; involves seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, or feeling things that do not exist.
Application/Example: I stayed up  all night playing video games and after a long time without sleep I started seeing things that weren't really there.

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REM sleep
a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements, a high level of brain activity, a deep relaxation of the muscles, and dreaming

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term: night terrors
definition-:sleep disruptions that occurs during stage IV of sleep,involving screaming,panic,or confusion

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Consciousness
- the state of being awake and aware of one's surroundings.

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Term: Perception
Definition: Sensory information into meaningful experiences.
Application:  In vision, the perception of color corresponds to the wavelength of the light.

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Term: Hallucinogens
definition: a drug that often produce hallucinations
Application:Hallucinogens that are manufactured chemicals and not found in nature are drugs like LSD, also called acid.

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Term: Meditation
Definition: The focusing of attention to clear ones mind and produce relaxation

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Term:  difference threshold
Definition:  the smallest amount by which two sensory stimuli can differ in order for an individual to perceive them as different.
Example:    would be the lowest volume level that a person could detect. The just noticeable difference would be the smallest change in volume that a person could

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Insomnia:
The failure to be able to get enough sleep at night to feel rested during the day or some cases can keep you up all night
Example: An example can be not being able to fall  time for the asleep at night and laying in bed for hours till time to get up or sleep finally sets in

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Auditory Nerve- the nerve that carries impulses from the inner ear to the brain, resulting in the perception of sound

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Biofeedback
the process of learning to control bodily states to be controlled

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Term: Extrasensory Perception

Definition: An ability to gain information by some means other than the ordinary senses

Example: Telepathy- reading someone's mind or transferring thoughts, Precognition- the ability to foretell events (fortune telling)

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Constancy
- the tendency to perceive certain objects in the same way regardless of changing angle, distance, or lighting.
- Application: a friend walking towards you does not seem to change into a giant even though the images inside your eyes become larger as she approaches.

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Binocular Fusion- the process of combining images received from the two eyes into a single, fused image
Ex) When you put your finger infront of your eyes, open one eye and close the other, repeat with the opposite eye and you can see your finger "moving"

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Term: Olfactory Nerve
Definition: The nerve that carries smell impulses from the nose
Application- In order to taste something your nose has to send smell impulses to your brain through the olfactory nerve to activate your taste buds

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Term: Posthypnotic Suggestion
Definition: a suggestion made during hypnosis that influences the participants behavior afterward
Example: Used to help people achieve goals (like losing weight or stopping an addiction)

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Term - Psychoactive Drug
Definition - Chemicals that affect the nervous system and result in altered consciousness
Example: Alcohol, LSD, and Marijuana.
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Sleep Walking- the act of getting up and walking around while sleeping, typically affects children, usually occurs one to two hours after initially falling asleep

Application-  While sleep walking is typical in children, in adults it can be a sign of

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Term: Kinesthesis
Definition: The sense of movement and body position.
Example: Writing a paper without looking at the paper.

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Term:Narcolepsy
Definition:a condition characterized by suddenly falling asleep or feeling very sleepy during the day

Example: falling asleep during the daytime
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Psychophysics

the study of the relationships between sensory experiences and the physical stimuli that cause them

frequency and intensity affect pitch and loudness

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Motion Parallax- is a monocular depth cue in which we view objects that are closer to us as moving faster than objects that are further away from us.