Consciousness Flashcards
How many levels of consciousness are there?
4.
What are the levels of consciousness?
- Consciousness
- Pre-Conscious
- Non-Conscious
- Unconscious/Sub-conscious
What is the meaning of Consciousness?
Being aware of yourself and the surroundings. Being able to react to the outside world, think and use your mind.
What is the meaning of Pre-Conscious?
Parts of the brain that can be accessed by the conscious mind, but aren’t being used currently.
What is the meaning of Non-conscious?
Thoughts and processes that are in peoples mind without them being aware of them.
What is Unconscious/Subconscious?
Thoughts we aren’t aware of, but that influence our conscious thoughts.
What is Frued’s theory about Subconsciousness?
Frued believed that subconscious thoughts were thoughts and urges that were too unacceptable to be practiced in real life. Eg. Sexual desires.
What is an example of Nonconscious?
Heart beating, stomach digesting, lungs breathing
What is an example of Pre-Conscious?
Remembering what you had for lunch, remembering a childhood memory based off a smell/taste etc.
What is an examble of consciousness?
Knowing your surroundings, being able to catch a ball or react to something externally, being able to think.
What is phenominal conscious?
The ‘here and now’ consciousness.
What is an example of phenominal consciousness?
Being able to realise that you’re thinking in the present moment. Eg. realising how red something is or how strong something smells.
What is access consciousness?
What we remember of an experience, however less detailed.
Altered states of consciousness
Awake
Asleep
Dreaming
Daydreaming
Orgasm
Hallucinating
Hypnosis
sensory deprivation
Food/Oxygen Starvation
Meditation
What is classed as Spontaneous, daily states of consciousness?
Awake
Asleep
Dreaming
Daydreaming
What is classed as Psychologically induced stated of consciousness?
Hypnosis
Meditation
Sensory Deprivation
What is classes at physiologically induced states of consciousness?
Hallucinations
Food/Oxygen starvation
Orgasm
What is hypnosis?
When someone is guided by another person to respond to suggestions given.
What does hypnosis alter?
Thoughts, perceptions, behaviour, emotion and sensations
What altered state of mind do some practitioners use as a therapy aid?
Hypnosis
What is a hallucination?
False perception that is exactly like reality. A person perceives something that isn’t really there, but seems completely realistic.
What are the types of hallucinations?
Auditory
Visual
Olfactory
Gustatory
Tactile
What is an olfactory hallucination?
Smelling things that aren’t there.
What is a gustatory hallucination?
Tasting something that isn’t there.
Who most often gets gustatory hallucinations?
People on drugs or people with Dementia.
What is a tactile hallucination?
Thinking something is on or under skin.
True or False: Hallucinations only occur for people with mental illnesses of some sort.
False: 10-30/40% of people will experience a hallucination at some point in their life.
What is DeJa-Vu?
A sense of experiencing something that’s already happened and thinking you’re able to predict the outcome.
True or False: People who experience Deja-Vu are likely to become uni-educated, high income, Liberal voters.
True.
What causes DeJa-Vu?
We experience an event and milliseconds later have a very small seizure in the right temporal lobe.
What does the Right Temporal Lobe assist with?
Associated with feelings of familiarity.
What is Capgras Syndrome?
When a person believes their family member or friend is an imposter.
Who is likely to develop Capgras Syndrome?
People with Schizophrenia, Dementia or brain injury.
What causes Capgras Syndrome?
A disconnection between the temporal lobe (facial recognition) and limbic system (emotional connection).
Is Alcohol a CNS stimulant or CNS depressant?
CNS depressant
Are drugs a CNS stimulant or CNS depressant?
CNS strong stimulant
What does Cocaine do to your brain?
Stops Dopamine from being recycled, instead causing a massive build up in the synapse.
Causes disruptions in normal brain communication, causing a ‘high’
What is the synapse?
Space between nerve cell endings.
What are the short term effects of cocaine?
Increases neurotransmitter dopamine (reward system).
Associated with Euphoria, mental and physical excitation, decrease in hunger, increase in pain threshold, sense of wellbeing.
How long does a cocaine ‘high’ last?
About half an hour.
What are the long term effects of Cocaine?
Disrupts cortical reward system, which makes people struggle to have a natural high.
Paranoia
Anxiety
Depression
What are the short term effects of Alcohol?
Relaxation
Elevated mood
Increased talkativeness
Increased activity
More extroverted
Impaired judgement
What alcohol BAC shows depressive actions
0.05% - 0.1%
True or False: Women have higher BAC for same qty of drinks than men due to level of body fat
True
What is the level of intoxication determined by?
Blood Alcohol Content
What is BAC determined by?
Body fat
Stomach contents
What is Delirium Tremens (DT)?
Alcohol Withdrawl
What are the symptoms of DT?
Disorientation
Confusion
Visual hallucinations
Memory deficit
Tachycardia
Cardiac Arrythmia
Hypertension
Hyperthermia
Diaphoresis
Heart Attack
Stroke
Paranoia
What is DT usually treated with?
Benzodiazepines under an induced coma, to lessen the suffering on the patient.
