final 5-6

Question 1

is sequential and logical while unconscious mind is spontaneous and processes information instantly. Unconscious mind is capable of multitasking while conscious mind does not have this ability.

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Conscious vs. unconscious processing

Question 2

awareness of your moment-to-moment experiences fully, deliberately, and without distraction.

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Mindfulness

Question 3

the 24-hour cycle on which your brain and body function

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Circadian Rhythms

Question 4

is the stage of sleep in which intense brain activity and vivid dreams are most likely to occur.
is any sleep other than blank sleep, when rapid eye movement, intense brain activity, and dreams are unlikely to occur.

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Stages of sleep (1.non-REM sleep and 2.REM sleep)

Question 5

is a sleep disorder featuring consistent difficulty falling asleep, staying asleep, or achieving high-quality sleep.

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Insomnia

Question 6

Is a disorder of “sleep attacks” characterized by immediate and unexpected shifts from wakefulness to REM sleep.

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Narcolepsy

Question 7

is a sleep disorder caused by interruptions of breathing that cause repeated waking.

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Sleep apnea

Question 8

decreased effectiveness of a particular amount of a drug and stressful and uncomfortable symptoms caused by discontinuing a drug that had become habitual.

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Tolerance and withdrawal

Question 9

are substances that alter mental functioning.

Answer 9

Psychoactive Drugs

Question 10

is a mental need for a particular drug in order to function normally.

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psychological dependence

Question 11

is a bodily need for a particular drug in order to function normally

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physical dependence

Question 12

are drugs that speed up bodily functions. One of the best-known, and perhaps the most addictive, is cocaine, which is typically taken in powder or solid forms (“crack”).

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Stimulants

Question 13

are pain-relieving drugs naturally derived from the poppy plant.

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Opiates

Question 14

are drugs that slow bodily functions. One subset of depressants, benzodiazepines,reduce nervousness and are often prescribed for problems relating to anxiety or insomnia.enhance relaxation

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Depressants

Question 15

are drugs that produce unrealistic sensations such as hallucinations.

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Hallucinogens

Question 16

is the process of taking in information, saving it over time, and calling it to mind later.

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Memory

Question 17

is entering information into memory.

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Encoding

Question 18

is retaining information in memory.a process by which you hold onto information you’ve taken in until you need to open it later.

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Storage

Question 19

is pulling information out of memory.

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Retrieval

Question 20

the earliest part of the memory process, in which the senses take in and very briefly hold information.

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Sensory Memory

Question 21

how long a memory ‘trace’ can be held for, before it is forgotten./ the maximum amount of information that can be retained in memory.

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Duration and Capacity

Question 22

auditory sensory memory, or all the information your ears took in during the past few seconds./ visual sensory memory, or all the information your eyes took in during the last fraction of a second

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Echoic vs. Iconic

Question 23

a limited amount of new information being held briefly until it is either discarded or kept long-term.

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Short-Term Memory

Question 24

a type of memory in which processing, or work, is done on briefly held information. processing, or work, done on information you take in.

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Working Memory

Question 25

grouping pieces of information together in a meaningful way to enhance memory

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Chunking

Question 26

information is repeated in exactly the same form it was originally encoded. / involves adding meaning or associations to information, which enhances memory.

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Maintenance Rehearsal vs. Elaborative Rehearsal

Question 27

a seemingly limitless amount of information being held for extensive periods of time.

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Long-Term Memory

Question 28

is memory of which you are consciously aware. It is also called declarative memory, which refers to the fact that it is memory that you can declare (or, more simply, tell) to another person

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Explicit memory

Question 29

is a type of explicit memory consisting of personal firsthand experiences.

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, episodic memory

Question 30

is memory of which you are not consciously aware

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Implicit memory

Question 31

a type of implicit memory consisting of how to perform tasks that you do automatically.

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, procedural memory

Question 32

a distinctively clear and vivid memory of an emotionally charged and novel event.Its emotionally connected to a person

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Flashbulb memory

Question 33

a memory phenomenon in which some memories interfere with the retrieval of other memories

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Interference

Question 34

the tendency to remember the first and last items in a series better than the items in the middle.

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Serial Position Effect

Question 35

is the tendency to remember the last items in a series particularly well.

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recency effect

Question 36

is the tendency to remember the first items in a series particularly well.

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primacy effect

Question 37

the tendency to have better long-term memory for information when your attempts to study it are spaced apart rather than crammed together.

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Spacing Effect

Question 38

_____: cramming
_____: spacing the studying out

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(massed vs. distributed practice)

Question 39

is the inability to remember some or all information, either temporarily or permanently.

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Amnesia

Question 40

is the tendency of false or misleading information presented after the fact to become mistakenly incorporated into memory.

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Misinformation effect

Question 41

to an account given by people of an event they have witnessed. For example they may be required to give a description at a trial of a robbery or a road accident someone has seen.

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, Eyewitness testimony