PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Psychoactive Drug, Sleep Disorder, Sleep Deprivation

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Mark Dallas

Document Summary

Rem sleep rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur. Ecstasy (mdma) a synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen. Lsd a powerful hallucinogenic drug; also known as acid (lysergic acid diethylamide). near-death experience an altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death (such as through cardiac arrest); often similar to druginduced hallucinations. Thc the major active ingredient in marijuana; triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations. learning the process of acquiring new and relatively enduring information or behaviors. associative learning learning that certain events occur together. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced response. higher-order conditioning a procedure in which the conditioned stimulus in one conditioning experience is paired with a new neutral stimulus, creating a second (often weaker) conditioned stimulus. A positive reinforcer is any stimulus that, when presented after a response, strengthens the response. negative reinforcement increasing behaviors by stopping or reducing negative stimuli.