Changes in a person's psychological state

Question 1

What does the changes in a psychological state refer to?

Answer 1

states that people experience a number of changes in a psychological state when they are in altered states of consciousness compared to NWC

Question 2

What are controlled processes?

Answer 2

processes that require mental effort and conscious awareness where the person focuses their attention on completing a particular goal

Question 3

What are automatic processes?

Answer 3

requires little conscious effort and does not interfere with the performance of attending to other tasks

Question 4

What does attention mean in terms of automatic and controlled processes?

Answer 4

ability to undertake controlled and automatic processes

Question 5

What happens in an altered state of consciousness in terms of automatic and controlled processes?

Answer 5

• find it difficult to carry out automatic processes
• divided attention is impaired
• still able to perform controlled processes
  = selective attention is fine

Question 6

What are content limitations?

Answer 6

amount of control that you have to restrict what you attend to

Question 7

What happens to content limitations in NWC?

Answer 7

content is more limited and restricted
= more organised and logical
- able to prevent yourself from focusing on unpleasant things

Question 8

What happens to content limitations in altered states of consciousness?

Answer 8

content is less restricted and less limited

- disorganized and illogical

Question 9

What are perceptual and cognitive distortions?

Answer 9

perceptual = processing of sensory info and giving it meaning 
cognitive = mental activities like thinking and problem solving

Question 10

What happens to perceptual and cognitive distortions in NWC?

Answer 10

perceptions are normally rational and clear
cognitive = have a sense of reality and thoughts are clear and rational
= memories are actively stored and retrieved

Question 11

What happens to perceptual and cognitive distortions in ASC?

Answer 11

perceptions and senses may be affected = visions may be more brighter or more dull
cognitions = thoughts are disorganised and logic may be impaired
= difficulty transferring memories

Question 12

What is emotional awareness?

Answer 12

ability to recognise your own emotions and recognise other people’s emotions

Question 13

What happens to emotional awareness in NWC?

Answer 13

emotions are stable

= able to control emotions better + hide true feelings

Question 14

What happens to emotional awareness in ASC?

Answer 14

emotions are heightened and can have random outbursts
= feel numb
= lack of control over emotions

Question 15

What is self-control?

Answer 15

ability to maintain and control appropriate thoughts and actions

Question 16

What happens to self control in NWC?

Answer 16

have control over thoughts and behaviours

Question 17

What happens to self control in ASC?

Answer 17

have less control over thoughts and behaviours

= do things you wouldn’t normally in NWC

Question 18

What is time orientation?

Answer 18

ability to correctly perceive the passage of time

Question 19

What happens to time orientation in NWC?

Answer 19

good perception of time passing

- good sense of the the passage of time

Question 20

What happens to time orientation in ASC?

Answer 20

have a distorted sense of time
= perception of time may go faster
= perception of time may go slower

Question 21

What will people in ASC struggle to do in controlled processes and attention?

Answer 21

struggle to perform controlled processes

= struggle with selective attention

Question 22

What happens to your level of awareness in NWC?

Answer 22

awake and aware of our environment

Question 23

What happens to your level of awareness in ASC?

Answer 23

level of awareness is lowered

level of awareness can be heightened

Question 24

What is your level of awareness?

Answer 24

how aware or alert you are of your internal or external environment