Conciousness Flashcards
Dualism
Everything consists of thought and matter
Monosm
Everything is one substance
Mere-exposure effect
Prefer stimuli seen before > new
Priming
Tendency to respond faster to questions seen before
Blind sight
Blind people can grasp objects
Concious
Info currently aware of
Nonconcious
Body processes controlled by mind (HR, BP)
Preconcious
Info of self/environment not thinking about but could be
Subconcious
No consciously aware of, exists due to behavior
Unconcious
Repressed thoughts
Sleep
Is also a state of conciousness
Sleep Cycle and waves
Stage 1-theta waves Stage 2-Sleep spindles Stage 3-Delta waves Stage 4-Delta waves REM-paradoxical sleep
REM rebound
REM deprived -> more longer REM next night
narcolepsy
Intense sleepiness, sleep unpredictably
Sleep apnea
Stop breathing for short time -> wake up
Night terrors
REM but awake, children
Somnambulism
Sleep walking, children
Manifest content
Literal content of dreams
Latent content
Unconscious meaning of manifest content
Information processing theory
Dreams deal with stress of the day, integrate info
Activation-synthesis theory
Dreams are random from high activity during REM
Posthypnotic amnesia
Forget what happened when hypnotized
Role theory
Some more hypnotic suggestibility, social phenomenon
State theoyr
Altered state of conciousness
Dissociation theory
Divide conscious voluntarily
Agonist
mimic neurotransmitter
Antagonist
block neurotransmitters
Stimulants
Caffeine, cocaine, amphetamines, nicotine
Depressants
Alcohol, barbiurates
Hallucinogens
LSD, mushrooms, marijuana, reverse tolerance
Opiates
Morphine, heroin; elevate endorphins
