Ch. Sec. 1 & 2 Quiz Flashcards
Preconscious
Ideas are in your awareness now, but you could recall them.
Nonconscious
Descriptive of bodily processes, such as growing of hair, of which we are not aware.
Direct inner awareness
You do not hear, see, smell, or touch, thoughts, images, emotions, or memories. This meaning of consciousness, then, is being aware of things inside yourself.
Sensory Awareness
You are conscious, or aware, of things outside yourself
Altered state of consciousness
A persons sense of self or sense of the world changes
Construct
Idea that cannot be seen or measured directly
Unconsciousness
According to Freud a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings and memories of which we are unaware but influences our behavior
Selective attention
The focusing attention on a particular stimulus
Defense mechanism
Psychological disorientations used to remain psychologically stable or in balance
Alpha waves associated with what stage of sleep?
Stage 1
Delta waves associated with what stage if sleep?
Stages 3-4
Physical characteristics associated with dream stage of sleep?
Body is paralyzed, brain is more active ; body is less active
Stage of sleep associated with physical growth?
Stages 3-4
Stage of sleep associated with recharging the mind/brain
REM stage
REM and brain waves associated with it
By alpha waves stage 1
