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CHAPTER 5 conciousness Flashcards

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consciousness

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a person’s subjective experience of the world and and the mind

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phenomenology

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how things seem to the conscious person

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problem of other minds

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the fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others

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zombie

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a hypothetical non conscious person none of us will ever know if someone is a zombie or not

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capacity for experience

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feel pain, pleasure, hunger, consciousness, anger, fear

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capacity for agency

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self-control, planning, memory, or thought

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mind-body problem

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the issue of how the mind is related to the brain and body

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the brains activities ______ the activities of the conscious mind

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precede

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4 properties of conciousness

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intentionality, unity, selectivity, transience

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intentionality

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quality of being directed toward an object

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unity

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resistance to division of the five senses

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selectivity

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capacity to include some objects but not others

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cocktail party phenomenon

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people tune in one message even while they filter out nearby

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dichotic listening

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situation test in which people wear head phones hear different messages in each ear

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transience

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the tendency to change

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levels of conciousness

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minimal consciousness, full consciousness, self- consciousness

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minimal consciousness

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a low-level kind of sensory awareness and responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations and may output behavior

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full consciousness

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when you know and are able to report your mental state

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self-consciousness

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distinct level of consciousness in which the person’s attention is drawn to the self as an object

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experience sampling technique

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people report their conscious experiences out loud at particular times

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After the immediate environment, consciousness is dominated by a person’s _____

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current concerns or what they are thinking about repeatedly

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daydreaming

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when the brain is not busy - default network, social life, self, and past and future

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mental control

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the attempt to change conscious states of mind

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thought suppression

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the conscious avoidance of a thought usually does not work and leads to the rebound effect

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rebound effect of thought suppression

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the tendency of a thought to return to consciousness with greater frequency following suppression

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ironic processes of mental control

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proposes that ironic mental errors such as rebound effect occur because the mental process that monitors errors can itself produce them

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dynamic unconsciousness

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an active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories the persons deepest instincts and desires and the person’s inner struggle to control these forces

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repression

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a mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness and keeps them in the unconscious

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cognitive unconsciousness

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all the mental processes that give rise to a person’s thoughts, choices, emotions, and behavior even though they are not experienced by the person

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subliminal perception

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thought or behavior is influenced b stimuli that a person cannot consciously report perceiving

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altered state of conciousness

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

32
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Stages of sleep

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Awake= beta waves
Drowsy= alpha waves
Stage 1= theta waves (light sleep)
Stage 2= sleep spindles (light sleep)
Stage 3/4= delta waves --> deep sleep
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REM sleep

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paradoxical sleep brain is super active body is super relaxed
looks just like beta waves while youre awake

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insomnia

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difficulty falling asleep, and staying asleep

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sleep apnea

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a disorder in which the person stops breathing for brief periods while sleeping

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narcolepsy

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a disorder in which sudden sleep attacks occur in the middle of waking activities

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night terrors

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deep sleep, abrupt awakenings with panic and intense emotional arousal

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dream conciousness

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emotion, sensation, uncritical acceptance, difficulty remembering the dream

39
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activation synthesis model

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dreams are produced when the brain attempts to make sense of random neural activity that occurs during sleep

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