CHAPTER 5 conciousness

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

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

Question 2

phenomenology

Answer 2

how things seem to the conscious person

Question 3

problem of other minds

Answer 3

the fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others

Question 4

zombie

Answer 4

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

Question 5

capacity for experience

Answer 5

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

Question 6

capacity for agency

Answer 6

self-control, planning, memory, or thought

Question 7

mind-body problem

Answer 7

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

Question 8

the brains activities ______ the activities of the conscious mind

Answer 8

precede

Question 9

4 properties of conciousness

Answer 9

intentionality, unity, selectivity, transience

Question 10

intentionality

Answer 10

quality of being directed toward an object

Question 11

unity

Answer 11

resistance to division of the five senses

Question 12

selectivity

Answer 12

capacity to include some objects but not others

Question 13

cocktail party phenomenon

Answer 13

people tune in one message even while they filter out nearby

Question 14

dichotic listening

Answer 14

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

Question 15

transience

Answer 15

the tendency to change

Question 16

levels of conciousness

Answer 16

minimal consciousness, full consciousness, self- consciousness

Question 17

minimal consciousness

Answer 17

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

Question 18

full consciousness

Answer 18

when you know and are able to report your mental state

Question 19

self-consciousness

Answer 19

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

Question 20

experience sampling technique

Answer 20

people report their conscious experiences out loud at particular times

Question 21

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

Answer 21

current concerns or what they are thinking about repeatedly

Question 22

daydreaming

Answer 22

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

Question 23

mental control

Answer 23

the attempt to change conscious states of mind

Question 24

thought suppression

Answer 24

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

Question 25

rebound effect of thought suppression

Answer 25

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

Question 26

ironic processes of mental control

Answer 26

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

Question 27

dynamic unconsciousness

Answer 27

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

Question 28

repression

Answer 28

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

Question 29

cognitive unconsciousness

Answer 29

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

Question 30

subliminal perception

Answer 30

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

Question 31

altered state of conciousness

Answer 31

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

Question 32

Stages of sleep

Answer 32

``` 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 ```

Question 33

REM sleep

Answer 33

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

Question 34

insomnia

Answer 34

difficulty falling asleep, and staying asleep

Question 35

sleep apnea

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

Question 36

narcolepsy

Answer 36

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

Question 37

night terrors

Answer 37

deep sleep, abrupt awakenings with panic and intense emotional arousal

Question 38

dream conciousness

Answer 38

emotion, sensation, uncritical acceptance, difficulty remembering the dream

Question 39

activation synthesis model

Answer 39

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