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Chapter 4: Consciousness Flashcards

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The state of being aware of oneself, one’s thoughts, and/or the environment, different levels of conscious awareness

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Consciousness

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The scientific study of mental processes, thinking, problem solving, and language

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Cognitive psychology

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Collection and storage of information without conscious effort or awareness

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Automatic processing

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The ability to focus awareness on a small segment of information that is available through our sensory systems. (Cocktail party effect: name mentioned during party, think they’re talking about us)

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Selective Attention

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Looking without seeing. Such selective attention you fail to notice other things.

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Inattentional Blindness (Change Blindness)

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Range from fully alert to being asleep and unconscious

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Levels of Consciousness

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Daily pattern, roughly following the 24 hour daily sucks of daytime and darkness

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Circadian Rhythm

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Smaller part of the hypothalamus. Influences the release of Melatonin. When light fades, triggers pineal gland to produce Melatonin

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Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN)

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Show an alert awake state

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Beta Waves

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Indicate a relaxed, drowsy state

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Alpha waves

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Non-R.E.M. Sleep

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Non dreaming sleep, happens between N1, N2, N3

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Just have fallen asleep

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Theta waves (N1)

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False perceptions that occur between wakefulness and sleep (dreaming, and you fall in your dream, so you jerk yourself awake)

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Hypnagogic Hallucinations

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Deepest level of sleep.

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Delta Waves

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Deals with sleep. Similar brain activity like when you’re awake

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R.E.M. Sleep (paradoxical sleep)

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N1 N2 N3 N2 dreaming

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Sleep Architecture

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A neurological disorder that can be characterized by excessive daytime sleepiness.

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Narcolepsy

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Symptoms of Narcolepsy. Abrupt loss of strength or muscle tone

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Cataplexy

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Temporary paralysis that occurs just before falling asleep

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Sleep paralysis

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During N1, drifting off, mostly harmless false perceptions, though can be scary with Narcolepsy

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Hypnogogic Hallucinations

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Sleep disturbance in which normal R.E.M. Paralysis doesn’t occur. They can act out the dream

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R.E.M. Sleep behavior disorder

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Serious disorder. Person stops breathing for about ten seconds in their sleep

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Obstructive sleep apnea hypopnea

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During non R.E.M. Sleep. Not real dreaming. Sleep medicines can help cause this.

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Sleep walking

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Non REM disturbances that most affects children. Screaming, staring fearfully, no memory of it afterwards

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Sleep terrors

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Frightening dreams that occur during R.E.M. Sleep

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Nightmares

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Sleep allows for growth and repair of the body and brain.

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Restorative theory

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Sleep serves as an adaptive function. Sleep helps us survive

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Evolutionary theory

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Aids in the strengthening of memories and learning.

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Consolidation

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Apparent meaning of the dream. Remembered storyline of a dream

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Manifest content

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Hidden meaning of the dream. Symbolism of the unconscious trying to express itself.

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Latent content

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Humans responds to random neural activity in R.E.M. as if it has meaning.

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Activation-Synthesis Model

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Network of neurons in the brain exist that is necessary to dream

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Neurocognitive Theory of Dreams

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Substances that can cause changes in conscious experiences. Influences judgement, sensation, perceptions

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Psychoactive drugs

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Alcohol can cause this. Sweating, restlessness, tremors and seizures

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Delirium tremens

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Altered state of consciousness, allowing for changes in perceptions and behaviors made by hypnotists. Can create amnesia

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Hypnosis

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Create amnesia 
Relieve pain 
Alter sensory perceptions
Help people relax 
promote the formation of false memories
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Hypnosis can…

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Give people superhuman strength
Reliably enhance memory
Regress people to childhood
Regress people to past lives

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Hypnosis cannot

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