Consciousness

Question 1

What is consciousness?

Answer 1

our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 2

The state of consciousness where a person is highly susceptible to suggestion

Answer 2

hypnosis

Question 3

What is selective attention?

Answer 3

focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Question 4

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 4

the study of brain activity associated with mental processes (perception, thinking, memory, and language)

Question 5

What does inattentional blindness involve?

Answer 5

failing to see visible objects when attention is directed elsewhere
-gorilla/basketball study

Question 6

Change blindness

Answer 6

failure to detect changes in the environment

Question 7

What can we do with parallel processing?

Answer 7

process many aspects of a stimulus simultaneously

Question 8

What does sequential processing allow?

Answer 8

only processing one aspect of a stimulus at a time

Question 9

The condition where a person responds to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it

Answer 9

blindsight

Question 10

What is dual processing?

Answer 10

information is simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

Question 11

What happens in withdrawal?

Answer 11

discomfort due to the discontinuation of an addictive drug

Question 12

Building a tolerance

Answer 12

a diminished response to a drug when taken repeatedly

Question 13

Depressants

Answer 13

drugs that reduce (depress) neural activity and slow body functions

Question 14

Stimulants

Answer 14

drugs that excite (stimulate) neural activity and speed up body functions

Question 15

Hallucinogens

Answer 15

drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images (hallucinations)

Question 16

Addiction

Answer 16

compulsive substance use despite harmful consequences

Question 17

Substance use disorder

Answer 17

continued substance cravings and use despite life difficulties or physical risks

Question 18

Psychoactive drugs

Answer 18

chemical substances that alter perceptions and mood

Question 19

What is sleep?

Answer 19

a periodic, natural loss of consciousness

Question 20

Circadian rhythm

Answer 20

regular bodily rhythms like temperature and wakefulness that occur in a 24-hour cycle

Question 21

What happens in REM sleep

Answer 21

-vivid dreams
-increased brain activity

Question 22

What happens in N1 sleep

Answer 22

-transitional sleep
-easily interrupted
-hypnic jerks

Question 23

What happens in N2 sleep

Answer 23

-decreased heartrate and breathing
-drop in temperature
(longest sleep)

Question 24

What happens in N3 sleep

Answer 24

-deep and restorative
-muscle relaxation
-minimal brain activity

Question 25

Hallucinations

Answer 25

false sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus

Question 26

Narcolepsy

Answer 26

excessive urge to sleep at inopportune times - "sleep attacks"

Question 27

Sleep disorder involving recurring problems falling or staying asleep

Answer 27

insomnia

Question 28

Sleep disorder involving temporary cessations of breathing during sleep

Answer 28

sleep apnea

Question 29

Night terrors

Answer 29

high arousal and feelings of panic or dread during sleep (occurs in N3)

Question 30

What are dreams

Answer 30

sequences of images, emotions, or thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind

Question 31

Manifest content

Answer 31

the symbolic, remembered storyline of a dream