Chapter 6 -consciousness

Question 1

Wakefulness

Answer 1

An individual’s degree of alertness

Question 2

Awareness

Answer 2

Monitoring of information from the environment and/ or ones own thoughts

Question 3

Vegetative state

Answer 3

Wakefulness without awareness

Question 4

Moderate consciousness

Answer 4

Info is potentially accessible but not available

Question 5

Flow

Answer 5

State of involvement during which one loses of time and/ or may forget where they are

Question 6

Mindfulness

Answer 6

Heightened awareness of the present moment

Question 7

Selective attention

Answer 7

Ability to focus awareness on specific features in the environment while ignoring others

• cocktail party effect
• in-attentional blindness

Question 8

Sustained attention

Answer 8

Ability to maintain focused awareness on a target or idea

Question 9

Multitasking

Answer 9

Rapid switching from one task to another

Question 10

Meditation

Answer 10

Mindfulness meditation

-practice used to calm the mind, stabilize concentration, focus attention, and enhance awareness of present moment

Question 11

4 stages of sleep brain waves

Answer 11

1st- theta waves
2nd-theta waves, sleep spindles, k-complexes
3rd-theta and delta,sleep spindles,!k-complexes
4th-delta waves only

Question 12

Depressants

Answer 12

Slow down CNS

Question 13

Stimulants

Answer 13

Activates nervous system

Question 14

Hallucinogens

Answer 14

Distort perception of reality

Question 15

Consciousness

Answer 15

Awareness of ones surrounding an of what’s in ones mind at a given moment
-includes aspects of Bing awake and aware