Consciousness

Question 1

What are the 4 altered states of consciousness?

Answer 1

Sleep/dreams
Hypnosis
Meditation
Psychoactive drugs
(SHMP)

Question 2

Chalmers - the hard problem but what did it explain?

Answer 2

How physical processes in brain give rise to subjective experience

Question 3

Ironic Process Theory:
Which process is effortful, conscious and interuptible?
Ironic monitoring process
Intentional operating process

Answer 3

Intentional operating process

Question 4

Ironic Process Theory:
Which process is automatic, unconscious and uninterruptible?
Ironic monitoring process
Intentional operating process

Answer 4

Ironic monitoring process

Question 5

Which of the following is not an effect of a psychoactive drug?
sedatives
stimulants
opiates
food
hallucinogens/psychedelics

Answer 5

food

these are effects:
sedatives
stimulants
opiates
hallucinogens/psychedelics

Question 6

Positive hallucinations sees/hears something that is not present - true or false?

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Negative hallucinations can be dangerous - true or false?

Answer 7

True - negative hallucinations fail to perceive things eg: pain

Question 8

Is ignoring pain top-down processing or bottom-up?

Answer 8

Top-down