Chapter 5: States of Consciousness Flashcards

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dualism

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the universe consists of thought and matter and one is not the other

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monism

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monists believe everything is the same and that thougth and matter are different aspects of the same substance

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mere-exposure effect

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simply by being exposed to something, we prefer it over an entirely new stimulus

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priming

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participantes respond more quickly and accurately to questions they have seen before

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blind sight

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blind people can sometimes avoid obstacles or grasp things they are unable to see

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levels of consicousness:

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conscious, unconscious, preconscious, subconscious, nonconscious

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conscious

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information you are currently aware of; words and meanings

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preconscious

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things you are not currently thinking about but could begin thinking about at any moment; recall

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nonconscious

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body process like heartbeat or respiration or digestion that you are not usually/ever aware of

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subconscious

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information we are not aware of but can infer exists through behavior

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unconscious

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level that represses memories and hurtful things to protect the conscious mind

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sleep onset

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period where we are falling asleep

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drowsy but awake brain waves

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alpha waves

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stage 1

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theta waves, falling asleep

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stage 2

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sleep spindles; short bursts of rapid brain waves

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stages 3/4

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delta/slow wave sleep; replenishes the body’s chemical supply, like growht hormone/immune system stuff

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REM sleep

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go through stages 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, and right before we go into stage 1 we enter REM.

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insomnia

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unable to fall asleep

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narcolepsy

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periods of intense sleepiness, can fall into REM at any time

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night terrors

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occur in stage 4 sleep early in the night

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posthypnotic amnesia

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people forget events that occur while they were hypnotized

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posthypnotic suggestion

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something that the hypnotized individual should do when they are taken out of hypnosis;

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role theory

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suggests that people play good subjects and allow themselves to be ‘affected’ by hypnotism

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hypnotic suggestibility

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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

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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
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Ernest Hilgard
created dissociation theory
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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