click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Psych Ch7 P2 vocab
Vocab from Chapter 7
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hilgrad's term describing a hypnotized subject's awareness of experiences, such as pain, that go unreported during hypnosis | hidden observer |
| chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood | psychoactive drug |
| diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of the drug | tolerance |
| discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of an addictive drug | withdrawal |
| physiological need for a drug, marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued | physical dependence |
| psychological need to use a drug such as to relieve negative emotion | psychological dependence |
| drugs that reduce neural activity and slows down body functions | depressants |
| drugs that excite neural activity and speeds up body functions | stimulants |
| psychedelic drugs such as LSD that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input | hallucinogens |
| drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgment | barbiturates |
| opium and its derivatives such as morphine and heroin; they depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain anxiety | opiates |
| drugs that stimulate neural activity, speeding up body functions, causing sped up bodily functions and associated energy and mood changes | amphetamines |
| synthetic stimulated and mild hallucinogen. Produces euphoria and social intimacy but with short term health risks and longer term harm to serotonin-producing neurons and to mood and cognition | ecstacy |
| powerful hallucinogen drug | LSD |
| major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers variety of effects including mild hallucinations | THC |
| altered-state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death | near-death experiences |
| presumption that mind and body are two distinct entities that interact | dualism |
| presumption that mind and body are different aspects of the same thing | monism |