Chapter 5: States of Consciousness Flashcards
dualism
the universe consists of thought and matter and one is not the other
monism
monists believe everything is the same and that thougth and matter are different aspects of the same substance
mere-exposure effect
simply by being exposed to something, we prefer it over an entirely new stimulus
priming
participantes respond more quickly and accurately to questions they have seen before
blind sight
blind people can sometimes avoid obstacles or grasp things they are unable to see
levels of consicousness:
conscious, unconscious, preconscious, subconscious, nonconscious
conscious
information you are currently aware of; words and meanings
preconscious
things you are not currently thinking about but could begin thinking about at any moment; recall
nonconscious
body process like heartbeat or respiration or digestion that you are not usually/ever aware of
subconscious
information we are not aware of but can infer exists through behavior
unconscious
level that represses memories and hurtful things to protect the conscious mind
sleep onset
period where we are falling asleep
drowsy but awake brain waves
alpha waves
stage 1
theta waves, falling asleep
stage 2
sleep spindles; short bursts of rapid brain waves
stages 3/4
delta/slow wave sleep; replenishes the body’s chemical supply, like growht hormone/immune system stuff
REM sleep
go through stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, and right before we go into stage 1 we enter REM.
insomnia
unable to fall asleep
narcolepsy
periods of intense sleepiness, can fall into REM at any time
night terrors
occur in stage 4 sleep early in the night
posthypnotic amnesia
people forget events that occur while they were hypnotized
posthypnotic suggestion
something that the hypnotized individual should do when they are taken out of hypnosis;
role theory
suggests that people play good subjects and allow themselves to be ‘affected’ by hypnotism
hypnotic suggestibility
people that are more able to be hypnotized; rich fantasy lives, follow directions well, and are able to focus intensely on a single task for a long period of time
state theory
researchers argue that hypnotism meets the criteria for an altered state of consciousness, suggest that we become more/less aware of our environments
Ernest Hilgard
created dissociation theory
dissociation theory
proposed the idea that we become split in our consciousness and one part pays attention to the hypnotist while the other part pays attention to our surroundings; people can feel an ice bath and pain, but not intense pain
