Chapter 3: Conciousness

Question 1

Conciousness

Answer 1

-the awareness of ones self and surroundings/enviornment

Question 2

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 2

study of brain activity linked with cognition

Question 3

Dual Processing

Answer 3

idea of information being processed on a conscious and unconscious level simultaniously

Question 4

Blindsight

Answer 4

condition where a person can unconsciously respond to visual stimuli without consciously experiencing it

Question 5

Parallel Processing

Answer 5

Processing multiple aspects of something at the same time

- brains natural mode for processing

Question 6

Selective Attention

Answer 6

consciously focusing on one particular stimulus

Question 7

Inattentional Blindness

Answer 7

-missing something because of attention being focused on something else

Question 8

Change Blindness

Answer 8

• not noticing a change in the surroundings because of attention being focused on something else
• ex. the guy giving directions when the person switches

Question 9

Circadian rythym

Answer 9

• Biological Clock
• body rhythms such as temperature and wakefulness over a 24 hour cycle
• affected by light through SCN
• age affects it

Question 10

REM Sleep

Answer 10

• rapid eye movement sleep
• where dreams occur
• muscles relax but rest of body is active

Question 11

NREM 1

Answer 11

when you first fall asleep

- lots of images

Question 12

NREM 2

Answer 12

Bursts of brainwave activity

Question 13

NREM 3

Answer 13

Deep sleep

-slow delta wave sleep

Question 14

4 stages of sleep

Answer 14

NREM 1, NREM 2, NREM 3, NREM 2, REM

-90 min cycle

Question 15

alpha waves

Answer 15

-slow waves of relaxed awake state

Question 16

hallucinations

Answer 16

false sensory images

-seeing stuff in the absence of external stimulus

Question 17

delta waves

Answer 17

large slow waves in NREM 3 sleep

Question 18

insomnia

Answer 18

-sleep disorder of repeatedly having trouble falling and staying asleep

Question 19

narcolepsy

Answer 19

-uncontrollable sleep attacks

Question 20

nonsomniac

Answer 20

-people who only need minimal amounts of sleep to function, 3 or so hours

Question 21

sleep apnea

Answer 21

• temporary cessations breathing that cause you to wake up briefly and repeatedly
• leads to weight gain
• snoring

Question 22

night terrors

Answer 22

• being terrified at night

- occurs in nrem 3

Question 23

dream

Answer 23

sequence of images while asleep

Question 24

manifest content

Answer 24

the remembered story line of a dream

-Freud

Question 25

latent content

Answer 25

underlying meaning of a dream | -Freud

Question 26

REM rebound

Answer 26

tenancy for REM sleep to increase following the deprivation or lack of REM sleep

Question 27

substance use disorder

Answer 27

-continued substance abuse after harm from the substance

Question 28

psychoactive drug

Answer 28

chemical substance that alters perceptions and mood

Question 29

tolerance

Answer 29

diminished effect of a drug after repeated use | -causes user to increase dosage to get same effect

Question 30

addiction

Answer 30

compulsive drug cravings despite knowing the consequences

Question 31

withdrawal

Answer 31

discomfort that follows when cutting off regular drug use

Question 32

depressants

Answer 32

drugs like alcohol that reduce neural activity | -slow bodily funcitons

Question 33

barbiturates

Answer 33

depressant drugs that fuck with cns

Question 34

opiates

Answer 34

opium and its derivatives

Question 35

stimulants

Answer 35

drugs such as caffeine, nicotine, cocaine | -increase energy and speed up bodily functions

Question 36

amphetamines

Answer 36

drugs that stimulate neural activity | -energy and mood changes

Question 37

nicotine

Answer 37

psychoactive drug found in tobacco products

Question 38

clonic jerk

Answer 38

when you almost fall asleep and jerk back awake

Question 39

REM paralysis

Answer 39

when your body is temporarily paralyzed in rem sleep - reason why you get the feeling of not being able to run in a dream - prevents you from moving around while dreaming

Question 40

alcohol myopia model

Answer 40

- attentional system short sighted - unaware of stuff not right in front of us - why we feel good/bad on alcohol