A sleep disorder involving prolonged difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep.
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insomnia
A sequence of physiological reactions in response to stressors: alarm, resistance, and
exhaustion.
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general adaptation syndrome (GAS)
,A stimulant found in tobacco products that increases alertness while enhancing
feelings of pleasure and emotional well-being.
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nicotine
Sleep stage in which brain activity differs from that of waking states, and breathing
rate, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature are relatively low.
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non-REM sleep
A theory of language acquisition proposing that people acquire language by learning
patterns of sounds and words that they hear frequently, that is, that are statistically
common.
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statistical language learning
Any practice in which people focus their attention for an extended period of time, as
a method for increasing their ability to concentrate.
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, meditation
A disorder in which people suffer from brief pauses in breathing while they are asleep,
causing them to wake up.
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sleep apnea
Psychoactive drugs that reduce arousal in the central nervous system, lowering
conscious experiences of excitability and anxiety.
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depressants
A rule of thumb, that is, a simple way of accomplishing something that otherwise
would be done through a more complex procedure.
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heuristic
A stimulus whose occurrence following a behavior raises the future likelihood of that
behavior.
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positive reinforcement
The prediction that biological feedback from facial muscles directly influences
emotional experience.
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facial feedback hypothesis
A problem in scientific explanation that arises if an organism's capacity for
consciousness is explained by proposing that a structure in its mind or brain is
conscious. The problem is the failure to explain how consciousness arises in the mind
or brain structure.
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homunculus problem
The set of rules governing how components of a sentence can be shifted to create
other sentences that are grammatically correct.
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transformational grammar
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insomnia
A sequence of physiological reactions in response to stressors: alarm, resistance, and
exhaustion.
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general adaptation syndrome (GAS)
,A stimulant found in tobacco products that increases alertness while enhancing
feelings of pleasure and emotional well-being.
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nicotine
Sleep stage in which brain activity differs from that of waking states, and breathing
rate, heart rate, blood pressure, and body temperature are relatively low.
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non-REM sleep
A theory of language acquisition proposing that people acquire language by learning
patterns of sounds and words that they hear frequently, that is, that are statistically
common.
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statistical language learning
Any practice in which people focus their attention for an extended period of time, as
a method for increasing their ability to concentrate.
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, meditation
A disorder in which people suffer from brief pauses in breathing while they are asleep,
causing them to wake up.
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sleep apnea
Psychoactive drugs that reduce arousal in the central nervous system, lowering
conscious experiences of excitability and anxiety.
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depressants
A rule of thumb, that is, a simple way of accomplishing something that otherwise
would be done through a more complex procedure.
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heuristic
A stimulus whose occurrence following a behavior raises the future likelihood of that
behavior.
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positive reinforcement
The prediction that biological feedback from facial muscles directly influences
emotional experience.
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facial feedback hypothesis
A problem in scientific explanation that arises if an organism's capacity for
consciousness is explained by proposing that a structure in its mind or brain is
conscious. The problem is the failure to explain how consciousness arises in the mind
or brain structure.
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homunculus problem
The set of rules governing how components of a sentence can be shifted to create
other sentences that are grammatically correct.
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transformational grammar
