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phenomenology

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how things seem to conscious person

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the problem of other minds

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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

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mind’s capacity for experience

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pain, pleasure, hunger, fear

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mind’s capacity for agency

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self contorl. planning, memory

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the mind body problem

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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)

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intentionality

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directed towards an object, consiousness is always about something

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unity

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resistance to diversion/ability to integrate info from all of the body’s senses inot ond coherent whole

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selectivity

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capacity to include some obhects and not others
people tune in one message while filter out others

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transience

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tendecy to change
focus and attention keeps changing

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minimal level of consciousness

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low level kind of sensory awarness/responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs snesations and may output behavior

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full level of consciousness

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know and are able to report your mental state
not only thinking about things but thinking about the fact that you are thinking

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self consciousness

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person’s attention is drawn to the self as an object

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daydreams

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a state of consciousness where purposeless flow of thoughts comes to mind

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mental control

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attempt to change states of mind

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thought suppression

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trying to avioud a certain thought

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rebound effect of thought suppression

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tendency of a thought to return to conscisousness with greater frequency following suppresion

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ironic proceses of mental control

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ironic errors becuase the occur mental process that monitors erros can actually produce them

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dynamic unconscious

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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)

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repression

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FREUD- mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts from consiousness and keeps them in unconsious

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cogniitve unconscious

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all the mental processes that give rise to a person’s thoughts, choice emaotions, and behavior even though not expirenced by person

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dual process theories

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1 system for fast automatinc processing
1 system for slow effortful processing

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altered state of consciousness

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a form of experience that departs signficantly from the normal subjective experience of the world and the mind

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hypanogoic state

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presleep consciousness
hypinc jerks

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circadian rhythm

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a naturally occurring 24 hours cycle

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awake waves

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beta waves

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drowsy/relaxed waves

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alpha waves

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stage 1 waves

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theta waves

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stage 2 waves

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sleep s[indle + k complex

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stage 3/4 waves

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delta activity

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REM sleep

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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

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insomnia

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difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep

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sleep apnea

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person stops breathing for brief periods
fat middle aged men

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somnambolism

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sleepwalking

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narcolepsy

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disorders in which sudden sleep attack occur in the midle of waking activities

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sleep paralysis

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experience of waking up unable to move

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night terrors

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abrupt awakenings with panic and intencse emptional arousal

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5 principles of dream consciousness

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  1. feel intensive emotion
  2. dream thought is illogical
  3. sensation is fully formed and meaningful
  4. dreaming occurs with uncritical acceptance
  5. we have difficulty remembering
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Freud dream theory

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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

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activation-syntheis model

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dream are produced with brain attempts to make sense of ransom neutral activity occurring during sleep

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pyschoactive drugs

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chemicals that influence consciousness or behavior by altering brains chemical messaging system

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drug tolerance

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larger does to get same effect

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physical dependance

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withdrawls

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psychological dependance

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desire to use again even after withdrawals are done

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depressants

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reduce activity of central nervous system
alcohol - increases activity of GABA

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expectancy theory

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effects produced by how people think it will effect them

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alcohol myphia

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alcohol hampers attention, leading people to respond in simple ways to complex situations

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stimulants

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excites central nervous system, heightening arousal and activity
caffeine
amphetamines
nicotine
cocaine
ecstasy

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narcotics

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highly addictive, derived from opium, relieve pain

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hallucingens

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alter sensation and perception, cause visual and auditory hallucinations
animals will not self administer

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marjuana

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plan that contains psychoactive drug called THC
euphoric
heighten senses
rush ideas
don’t develop tolerance

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