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Chapter 6 - Consciousness Flashcards

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Visual agnosia

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The inability to visually recognize objects

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Consciousness

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Our moment-to-moment awareness of ourselves and our environment

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Selective attention

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The process that focuses awareness on some stimuli to the exclusion of others

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Controlled (conscious or explicit) processing

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The conscious use of attention and effort

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Automatic (unconscious or implicit) processing

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Can be performed without conscious awareness or effort

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Divided attention

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The ability to respond, seemingly simultaneously, to multiple tasks or demands

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Blindsight

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A condition where people are blind in part of their visual field yet in special tests respond to stimuli in that field despite reporting that they cannot see those stimuli

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Priming

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Exposure to a stimulus influences (primes) how you subsequently respond to that same or another stimulus

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Implicit memory

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When memory influences our behavior without conscious awareness

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Attention

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The process of concentrating on some features of the environment to the possible exclusion of others

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Describe the cocktail party phenomenon

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P. 225

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Automaticity

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Required when a task no longer requires conscious control

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Circadian rhythms

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Daily biological cycles

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Suprachiasmatic nuclei (in the brain)

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Control most circadian rhythms

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Melatonin

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Hormone with a calming effect on the body

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Seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

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A cyclic tendency to become psychologically depressed during certain seasons of the year

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Beta waves

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The activity shown in the brain when you are awake and alert

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Alpha waves

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The slower activity shown in the brain when we are feeling relaxed and drowsy

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Restoration model (sleep)

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States that sleep recharges our bodies and allows us to recover from physical and mental fatigue

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Evolutionary/circadian sleep models

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Models of sleep that focus on the position that sleep’s main purpose is to increase a species’ chances of survival in relation to environmental demands

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Memory consolidation

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A gradual process where the brain transfers information into long-term memory

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Insomnia

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Chronic difficulties in going to sleep, staying asleep and/or experiencing restful sleep

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Narcolepsy

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Extreme daytime sleepiness and sudden, uncontrollable sleep attacks that may last from less than a minute to an hour

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Night terrors

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Frightening dreams that arouse the sleeper to a state of near-panic

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Sleep apnea
The repeated stopping and restarting of breathing during sleep
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Wish fulfillment (Freud’s psychoanalytic theory)
The gratification of our unconscious desires and needs
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Activation-synthesis theory
States that dreams do not serve any particular function, but are merely a byproduct of REM neural activity
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Problem-solving dream models
State that, because dreams are not constrained by reality, they can help us find creative solutions to our problems and ongoing concerns
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Cognitive-process dream theories
Propose that dreaming and waking thought are produced by the same mental systems in the brain
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Fantasy-prone personality
People who have a vivid imagination
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Blood-brain barrier
A special lining of tightly packed cells that lets vital nutrients pass through so neurons can function
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Neuromodulator
A specific group of neurotransmitters that have a widespread and generalized influence on synaptic transmission
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Tolerance
Decreasing responsively to a drug
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Compensatory responses
The brain produces reactions opposite to that of the drug to restore balance
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Withdrawal
Occurrence of compensatory responses after discontinued drug use
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Substance dependence
Maladaptive pattern of substance use that causes a person significant distress or substantially impairs that persons life
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Alcohol myopia
Short-sighted thinking caused by the inability to pay attention to as much information as when sober (Steele and Joseph’s 1990)
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Stimulants
Increase neural firing and arouse the nervous system
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Opiates
Opium and drugs derived from it, like morphine, codeine and heroin
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Hallucinogens
Mind-altering drugs that produce hallucinations
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THC (tetrahydrocannabinol)
Marijuana’s major active ingredient
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Effects and dangers of alcohol
Effects: relaxation, impaired physical and psychological functioning, lower inhibition Risks: disorientation, unconsciousness and possible death
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Effects and dangers of barbiturates/tranquilizers
Effects: drowsiness, impaired motor functioning and reflexes, reduced tension Risks: shallow breathing, clammy skin, weak and rapid pulse, come and possible death
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Effects and risks of amphetamines, cocaine and ecstasy
Effects: increased alertness, pulse and blood pressure, elevated mood, suppressed appetite Risks: hallucinations, paranoid delusions, convulsions, long term cognitive impairment, possible death
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Risks and effects of opium, morphine, codeine and heroin
Effects: euphoria, pain relief, drowsiness and impaired motor and psychological funcitoning Risks: shallow breathing, convulsions, coma, possible death
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Risks and effects of LSD, mescaline, phencylidine
Effects: hallucinations and visions, distorted time perception, loss of contact with reality, nausea Risks: psychotic reactions (delusions, paranoia), panic, possible death
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Risks and effects of marijuana
Effects: mild euphoria, enhanced sensory experiences, increased appetite, impaired memory and reaction time Risks: fatigue, anxiety, disorientation, sensory distortions, psychotic reactions
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Hypnosis
A state of consciousness involving focused attention and reduced peripheral awareness characterized by an enhanced capacity for response to suggestion
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Hypnotic susceptibility scales
A standard series of pass-fail suggestions that are read to a subject after a hypnotic induction
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Dissociation theories (hypnosis)
Theories that view hypnosis as an altered state involving a division (dissociation) of consciousness
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Social cognitive theories (hypnosis)
Theories which propose hypnotic experiences result from expectations of people who are motivated to take on the role of being hypnotized

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