Chapter 5 consciousness

Question 1

psychoactive drugs

Answer 1

chemical substance alters mood/ perception

Question 2

depressants

Answer 2

reduce neural activity
slow body functions
-alcohol
-barbiturate -sleeping meds
-opiates- lessens pain and anxiety

Question 3

hallucinogenics

Answer 3

psychedelics
distort perception
evoke sensory images
-LSD, THC, MESCAINE, PSILOCYBIN

Question 4

Stimulants

Answer 4

excite neural activity
speed up body functions (heartbeat, breathing)
caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, ecstacy, methamphetamines, amphetamines

Question 5

consciousness property: intentionality

Answer 5

conscious about something

Question 6

unity

Answer 6

conscious resists being divided

Question 7

selectivity

Answer 7

capacity include some things but not others

Question 8

transcience

Answer 8

tendency to change focus

Question 9

disorders of consciousness

Answer 9

-minimally conscious
-vegative state

Question 10

consciousness

Answer 10

our awareness of ourselves
minimal= low sensory awareness
full= awareness and reports mental state
self= attention to self

Question 11

dual processing

Answer 11

info is processed on seperate conscious and unconscious levels

Question 12

selective attention

Answer 12

focusing on conscious awareness on particular stimulus

Question 13

unintentional blindness

Answer 13

failure to see visible objects when attention is directed elsewhere