Consciousness Flashcards

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What is consciousness?

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our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment

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

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hypnosis

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What is selective attention?

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focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

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Cognitive Neuroscience

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

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What does inattentional blindness involve?

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

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Change blindness

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failure to detect changes in the environment

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What can we do with parallel processing?

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process many aspects of a stimulus simultaneously

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What does sequential processing allow?

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only processing one aspect of a stimulus at a time

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

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blindsight

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What is dual processing?

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information is simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

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What happens in withdrawal?

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discomfort due to the discontinuation of an addictive drug

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Building a tolerance

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a diminished response to a drug when taken repeatedly

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Depressants

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

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Stimulants

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

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Hallucinogens

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drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images (hallucinations)

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Addiction

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compulsive substance use despite harmful consequences

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Substance use disorder

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continued substance cravings and use despite life difficulties or physical risks

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Psychoactive drugs

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chemical substances that alter perceptions and mood

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What is sleep?

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a periodic, natural loss of consciousness

20
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Circadian rhythm

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

21
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What happens in REM sleep

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-vivid dreams
-increased brain activity

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What happens in N1 sleep

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-transitional sleep
-easily interrupted
-hypnic jerks

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What happens in N2 sleep

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

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What happens in N3 sleep

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-deep and restorative
-muscle relaxation
-minimal brain activity

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Hallucinations

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false sensory experiences that occur without a sensory stimulus

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Narcolepsy

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excessive urge to sleep at inopportune times - “sleep attacks”

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Sleep disorder involving recurring problems falling or staying asleep

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insomnia

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Sleep disorder involving temporary cessations of breathing during sleep

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sleep apnea

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Night terrors

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

30
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What are dreams

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

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Manifest content

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the symbolic, remembered storyline of a dream

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