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Consciousness Flashcards

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What is consciousness

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Moment to moment awareness of ourselves and environment

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What are the 3 measures of consciousness

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Self-report
Behavioural
Physiological (EEG)

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Freud viewed the unconscious as

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unacceptable desires

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Cognitive Psychologists view the unconscious as

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an information processing system and distinguish between controlled and automatic processing

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What are the 3 characteristics of consciousness

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Subjective and private
Dynamic
Self-reflective and sense of self

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What is Visual agnosia

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Cant consciously perceive shape, size or orientation of objects

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What is blindsight

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a blind part of their visual field but respond to the stimuli in that field

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What is priming

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exposure to a stimulus that influences how you respond to the same or different stimulus either behaviour or emotion

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What is a common approach to studying the contents of consciousness

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Finding the neural correlates of consciousness (NCC)

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What is the NCC

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Brain activity minus the brain activity when you are not conscious of something

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Consciousness arises from what

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The unified activity of multiple modules located in different brain areas

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12
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Is a vegetative state associated with consciousness

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no but minimally conscious states are

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13
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How many stages does sleep have

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5 stages including REM

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Lighter sleep are in what stages

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1 and 2

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Deeper, slow-wave sleep are in

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stages 3 and 4

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Rapid eye movement is in

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Stage 5

17
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What do circadian rhythms do

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decrease alertness to get ready for sleep but do not regulate sleep

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What brain waves do you have when you are awake and what do you are drowsy and close your eyes

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Beta and alpha

19
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What are the 4 factors that affect sleep duration and quality

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Genetic
Psychological
environmental
social

20
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Sleep deprivation negatively affects what

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mood and performance

21
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What does the restoration model propose

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recover from physical and mental fatigue

22
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When do dreams occur

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Throughout sleep but most common during REM

23
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What do we dream about

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current concerns and recent events

24
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Freud said dreams were

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wish fulfillment

25
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Cognitive-process dream theorists propose

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dreams and waking thoughts as products of the same mental systems. Thoughts are quick and random when awake as well as when dreaming. Brain cells will die if they stop functioning

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Activation synthesis theory

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Random neural activity - brain tries to fit a story to it

27
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What are agonist drugs

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Increase neurotransmitter activity

28
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What are antagonist drugs

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Decrease neurotransmitter activity

29
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What is drug tolerance

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Body produces compensatory responses to counteract drug

30
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What is drug withdrawal

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compensatory response continues after drug is stopped

31
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List 3 depressants

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Barbiturates
Alcohol
Tranquilisers

32
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List 3 stimulants

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Cocaine
Anphetamines
Ecstasy

33
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What is hypnosis

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Increased receptiveness to suggestion

34
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Hypnosis feels like ___________ but not power to ____________

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Involuntary

act against your own will

35
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Hypnosis and other psychological techniques can do what

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increase pain tolerance

36
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Is hypnotic and post-hypnotic amnesia possible

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yes, some people can be lead to experience this

37
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How do Disassociation theorists view hypnosis

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As an altered state of consciousness

38
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What do Social-cognitive theorists propose about hypnosis

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It happens because people have high expectations and are highly motivated to be hypnotised

39
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What does brain imaging reveal about hypnosis

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neural activity is consistent with reported experience and supports altered state but does not confirm dissociated state

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