Chapter 5 Flashcards
phenomenology
how things seem to conscious person
the problem of other minds
how do we destinguish between a conscious person from someone who is not conscious but does and says all the same things as a conscious person
mind’s capacity for experience
pain, pleasure, hunger, fear
mind’s capacity for agency
self contorl. planning, memory
the mind body problem
issue of how the mid is related to the brain and body
“mind is what the brain does”
all thought is connected to brain activity (brain activty actuallly happens before people say they made the consious decison to move thier hand)
intentionality
directed towards an object, consiousness is always about something
unity
resistance to diversion/ability to integrate info from all of the body’s senses inot ond coherent whole
selectivity
capacity to include some obhects and not others
people tune in one message while filter out others
transience
tendecy to change
focus and attention keeps changing
minimal level of consciousness
low level kind of sensory awarness/responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs snesations and may output behavior
full level of consciousness
know and are able to report your mental state
not only thinking about things but thinking about the fact that you are thinking
self consciousness
person’s attention is drawn to the self as an object
daydreams
a state of consciousness where purposeless flow of thoughts comes to mind
mental control
attempt to change states of mind
thought suppression
trying to avioud a certain thought
rebound effect of thought suppression
tendency of a thought to return to conscisousness with greater frequency following suppresion
ironic proceses of mental control
ironic errors becuase the occur mental process that monitors erros can actually produce them
dynamic unconscious
an active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memoires ther person’s deepest instincts and desires and persons inner struggle to control these forces (FREUD)
repression
FREUD- mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts from consiousness and keeps them in unconsious
cogniitve unconscious
all the mental processes that give rise to a person’s thoughts, choice emaotions, and behavior even though not expirenced by person
dual process theories
1 system for fast automatinc processing
1 system for slow effortful processing
altered state of consciousness
a form of experience that departs signficantly from the normal subjective experience of the world and the mind
hypanogoic state
presleep consciousness
hypinc jerks
circadian rhythm
a naturally occurring 24 hours cycle
awake waves
beta waves
drowsy/relaxed waves
alpha waves
stage 1 waves
theta waves
stage 2 waves
sleep s[indle + k complex
stage 3/4 waves
delta activity
REM sleep
a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movement and a high level fo brain activity
mind is as active as it is awake
pulse quickens, blood pressure rise, sexual arousal
insomnia
difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep
sleep apnea
person stops breathing for brief periods
fat middle aged men
somnambolism
sleepwalking
narcolepsy
disorders in which sudden sleep attack occur in the midle of waking activities
sleep paralysis
experience of waking up unable to move
night terrors
abrupt awakenings with panic and intencse emptional arousal
5 principles of dream consciousness
- feel intensive emotion
- dream thought is illogical
- sensation is fully formed and meaningful
- dreaming occurs with uncritical acceptance
- we have difficulty remembering
Freud dream theory
dreams are confusing and obscure because unconscious creates them to be this way
dreams represent wishes too unacceptable to be distinguished
problem = interpretation is guess work
activation-syntheis model
dream are produced with brain attempts to make sense of ransom neutral activity occurring during sleep
pyschoactive drugs
chemicals that influence consciousness or behavior by altering brains chemical messaging system
drug tolerance
larger does to get same effect
physical dependance
withdrawls
psychological dependance
desire to use again even after withdrawals are done
depressants
reduce activity of central nervous system
alcohol - increases activity of GABA
expectancy theory
effects produced by how people think it will effect them
alcohol myphia
alcohol hampers attention, leading people to respond in simple ways to complex situations
stimulants
excites central nervous system, heightening arousal and activity
caffeine
amphetamines
nicotine
cocaine
ecstasy
narcotics
highly addictive, derived from opium, relieve pain
hallucingens
alter sensation and perception, cause visual and auditory hallucinations
animals will not self administer
marjuana
plan that contains psychoactive drug called THC
euphoric
heighten senses
rush ideas
don’t develop tolerance
