C6 Consciousness

Question 1

Consciousness

Answer 1

a person’s moment to moment subjective , personal experience

Question 2

Qualia

Answer 2

qualitative experience of your consciousness
environment, perspective, awareness

Question 3

Attentional blindness

Answer 3

a failure to notice something obvious changing when we focus on something else

Question 4

Change blindness

Answer 4

a failure to notice large changes in one’s environment
now vs while ago

Question 5

Automatic processing

Answer 5

when we know a task well, do it without much attention
allow less focus on consciousness

Question 6

Controlled processing

Answer 6

more complex or new tasks
slower than automatic processing

Question 7

Behavioural study

Answer 7

testing for consciousness
Rouge test
objective measures

Question 8

sleeping

Answer 8

regulated by Hypothalamus
circadian rhythms

Question 9

Suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

Answer 9

trigar by dark
signals the pineal gland to release
melatonin
regulate circadian rhythms
active - reduce
inactive - increase

Question 10

Stage 1

Answer 10

light sleep (1-10 mins)
Beta waves (awake/alert)
Alpha waves (relaxed/drowsy)
Beta/Alpha waves from wakefulness transition to Theta waves

Question 11

Stage 2

Answer 11

deeper sleep (10-25mins)
body is slowing down, heart rate
Sleep Spindles: 1-2 seconds rapid brain activity (brain try to keep us awake)

Question 12

Stage 3 4

Answer 12

after 10-30 min
appearance of Delta waves
slow wave sleep

Question 13

Stage 5

Answer 13

REM sleep
occupies 20-25% of night sleep
cycles of REM sleep last between 20min to 1hr
REM sleep paralysis
more dreaming

Question 14

sleep cycle

Answer 14

body has to go through every individual stage to complete one cycle

Question 15

Restoration Theory

Answer 15

allow the body and brain rest and repair

Question 16

CIrcadian Rhythm theory

Answer 16

physical, mental, behavioural changes that follow 24-hour cycle
survival

Question 17

Learning theory

Answer 17

learning works better with sleep
Neros connecting work better with sleep

Question 18

Freud’s Dream Protection Theory

Answer 18

manifast (actual dream)
Latent Content (dream symbolizes), protect sleep from disruption

Question 19

Activation-Synthesis Theory

Answer 19

dreams are random, mean nothing
activation: random neural activity in the brain
Synthesis: cerebral cortex interprets activity

Question 20

Insomnia

Answer 20

difficulty in falling asleep, staying asleep
stress

Question 21

REM Sleep Behaviour Disorder (RBD)

Answer 21

REM sleep paralysis is disabled (brain is really active)

Question 22

Sleepwalking

Answer 22

Somnambulism
more common in children

Question 23

Out of body experience

Answer 23

a sense of consciousness leaving the body

Question 24

Near death experience

Answer 24

nearly died or thought they were going to die

Question 25

Meditation

Answer 25

mental procedure, we focus on some external or internal object lower blood pressure, release stress

Question 26

Mindfulness

Answer 26

let thoughts slow freely don't really react to those thoughts

Question 27

Hypnosis

Answer 27

people response to suggestions experiences changes in memory involuntary action

Question 28

Stimulants

Answer 28

stimulate, heighten activity in the body increase: heart rate, blood pressure decrease: sleep 1. interfere with reuptake of dopamine 2. increase release of dopamine

Question 29

Cocaine

Answer 29

alert, energy, sociable, feeling amazing paranoia, psychotic, violence blocks reuptake of dopamine

Question 30

Amphetamines

Answer 30

reduce fatigue via increase dopamine side effects: insomnia, anxiety, addictive

Question 31

Depressants

Answer 31

decrease behavioural and mental activity

Question 32

Alcohol

Answer 32

small doses: relaxation, elevate mood large doses: slowing thinking, coordinations

Question 33

Opiates (narcotics)

Answer 33

relieve pain and induce sleep stimulate receptors to relieve pain

Question 34

Hallucinationsogens (psychedelics)

Answer 34

alters our cognitions mood, perception interferes with serotonin, dopamine

Question 35

Marijuana

Answer 35

stimulant, depressant, hallucinogen relaxed mental state, uplifted mood, distortions in perception of cognition Hippocampus ( memory)