Exam pt. 3 Consciousness

Question 1

Sates of consciousness

1. Conscious:
2. Unconcuous:
3. semi-conscious:

Answer 1

1. Conscious: awarness of ourselves and envirnment
2. Unconcuous:
3. semi-conscious:
   -hypnosis
   -drugs
   -dissociation

Question 2

Dual prossessing:

High track:

low trak:

Answer 2

Dual prossessing: info is processed simultaneously on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

High track/conscious:stuff we think to do

low track/unconscous trak: stuff we don’t think to do

Ex. when catching a ball you will raise your arms (high) and calculate the tragectory and impact of the ball (low)

Question 3

Attention

selective attention:
inattentional blindness:
cocktail party effect:

change blindness:

choice blindness;

Blindsight:

Answer 3

selective attention: focusing on something so you block out another thing

selective inattention/inattentional blindness: missing something while focusing on another

cocktail party effect: singling out important info from other information

change blindness: change goes noticed after interuption

choice blindness: convinced the thing u chose is correct

Blindsight: unable to see but still using your eyes
-high track cant process visual perception but low track can
-happends when there is damage to the visual cortex

Question 4

sleep:

circadian rhythm:

sleep cycle:

Stages of sleep:

Answer 4

sleep: periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness

circadian rhythm: biological clock regulates bodily rythems

sleep cycle: cycling through the stages of sleep

Stages of sleep: distinct patterns of brain waves associated w/diffrenet consciousness and sleep

Question 5

Stages of sleep

Stage 1 Alpha waves:

Stage 2 light sleep

stage 3 delta waves

stage 4/rem sleep

sleep paralysis:

paradoxical sleep:

rem rebound:

Answer 5

Stage 1 Alpha waves:
slow waves that relax ppl into sleep

Stage 2 light sleep

stage 3 delta waves: deep sleep

stage 4/rem sleep:
rapid eye movements
-dreams happen

sleep paralysis:
-during rem
-brain stem blocks the motor cortex

paradoxical sleep:
-brain is active
body immobile

rem rebound:
-rem sleep makes more sleepy after repeated interuption

Question 6

Theories of why we sleep

Restoration Theory:

Ecological Theories (hibernation theory):

Answer 6

Restoration Theory: repair + restore the body
evidence: sleep deprivation and its effects + killing rats

Ecological Theories (hibernation theory): keep us safe
evidence: night = danger as caveman
-sleep uses less energy
-evolution and shit

Question 7

What are the Effects of sleep?

What are the effects of sleep loss

Answer 7

Effects of sleep:
-reinforce memory
-help solve problems
-growth

Effects of sleep loss:
-immune system sad
-metabolism slows
-irritable
-higher blood pressure
-stomach issues
-everything bad you can imagine

Question 8

Sleep Disorders

1. Insomnia:
2. Narcolepsy:
3. Sleep apnea:
4. night terrors:
5. Sleepwalking/talking

Answer 8

1. Insomnia: can’t fall/stay asleep
2. Narcolepsy: falling asleep at random times
3. Sleep apnea: Can’t breath in sleep
4. night terrors: nightmares but worse
5. Sleepwalking/talking: sleeping and walking in your sleep SHOCKER I know.
   -genetic
   -Keith parks the guy who killed while sleep walking

Question 9

Dreams:

Sigman Fraud’s theories of sleep

1. Latent content:
2. Manifest content:

Answer 9

Dreams: in REM sleep

1. Latent content: The meaning of dreams
   -lore
   -symbols
2. Manifest content: The story of the dream
   -plot
   -characters
   -story

Question 10

Hypnosis:

post hypnosis suggestion:

hypnotic induction;

psychoactive drugs:

Answer 10

Hypnosis: a person suggest perceptions that will spontaneously occur
-you are getting vary sleep blah blah blah

post hypnosis suggestion: suggestion made during hypnosis but carried out after hypnotic session
-used in therapy sometimes

hypnotic induction; leading someone into a hypnotic state

psychoactive drugs: drugs that alter mood, perception, and other conscious experiences