consciousness

Question 1

naturally accuring

Answer 1

normal part of our daily life and are not under our control

Question 2

induced

Answer 2

intentionally achieved by using an aid

Question 3

daydreaming

Answer 3

naturally occurring where there is shift in awareness from external events to internal thoughts

Question 4

meditation

Answer 4

purposely induced, individual is high focused on internal thoughts at the expense of another stimuli

Question 5

alcohol

Answer 5

purposely induced, substance slows or depresses the brain and nervous system

Question 6

attention

Answer 6

measure of awareness and way of distinguishing between different states of consciousness

Question 7

selective attention

Answer 7

choosing and attending to a specific stimulus and ignoring others

Question 8

divided attention

Answer 8

attention distributed on two or more activities simultaneously

Question 9

frequency

Answer 9

number of brain waves per second
high frequency = faster
low frequency = slower

Question 10

amplitude

Answer 10

the intensity of the brain waves (microvolts)
high amplitude = bigger peaks and thoughts

Question 11

beta

Answer 11

alertness + intense mental activity, eyes open (awake and concentrating)

Question 12

alpha

Answer 12

relaxed, calm, internally focused, wakeful state with eyes closed

Question 13

theta

Answer 13

falling asleep, awakening from sleep, meditation, dreaming

Question 14

delta

Answer 14

deep dreamless sleep, unconscious

Question 15

stimulants

Answer 15

• increase activity in the CNS and the rest of the body
• increase physiological arousal = excitatory pattern of brain waves
• increase in higher frequency activity and a decrease in lower frequency activity (increase beta, decrease delta alpha and theta)

Question 16

depressant

Answer 16

• decrease activity in the CNS and the rest of the body
• decrease physiological arousal = inhibited pattern of brain wave activity
• increase lower frequency activity and decrease higher frequency activity (reduce beta, increase delta alpha and theta)

Question 17

speed + accuracy

Answer 17

used to assess how varying amounts of a stimulants or depressant affect performance on a cognitive task involving learning, decision making or problem solving

Question 18

measurement of speed

Answer 18

response/reaction time on a stimulus (in a road simulator, ‘reaction time’ to unpredicted stimuli - road signs)

Question 19

measurement of accuracy

Answer 19

proportion of correct and incorrect responses in relation to the total number of possible responses (driving simulator, the number of unpredicted road stimuli to which the participant correctly reacts)

better performance - faster and fewer errors

Question 20

objective measures

Answer 20

scores are not subjects to personal opinion or interpretation by the researcher ( speed measured using an electronic device which provides exactly the same data regardless of the researcher collecting it)