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Measures of Consciousness Flashcards

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What does D.A.R.E mean?

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detects, amplifies and records the electrical activity

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What is an EEG?

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Electroencephalograph

= detects, amplifies and records the electrical activity of the brain

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What is an EMG?

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Electromyograph

= detects, amplifies and records the electrical activity of the skeletal muscles

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What is an EOG?

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Electro-oculargraph

= detects, amplifies and records the electrical activity of the muscles surrounding the eyes

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What kind of graph measures the muscles around the eyes?

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EOG

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What kind of graph measures the activity of the brain?

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EEG

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What kind of graph measures the activity of the skeletal muscles?

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EMG

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What are the measures of speed and accuracy on cognitive tests?

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requires a participant to respond to a visual stimulus and measure their speed and accuracy

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What is speed?

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refers to the response time to the stimulus

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What is accuracy?

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refers to the number of correct responses

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What type of measure is speed and accuracy on cognitive tests?

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Objective

= scores are measured numerically

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What is subjective reporting?

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involves the use of self reports where a participant responds to questions

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What is a common type of self report?

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sleep diary

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Why is a sleep diary considered to be subjective?

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individual response and can be bias

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What is a self report and sleep diary?

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involves individual keeping a record of their own subjective experiences
- sleep diary is a self report of someone’s individual sleeping and waking times

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What are the advantages of self reports?

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provides insight to thoughts that cannot be directly measured

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What are the disadvantages of self reports?

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results are highly subjective

- people may be dishonest + bias

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What is video monitoring?

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uses cameras to often record people when they are asleep and tracks their movement and sleep disturbances etc

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What is an advantage of video monitoring?

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many people can interpret it

good for observations of sleep behaviours

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What is a disadvantage of video monitoring?

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is time consuming
results can be subjective = different interpretations
artificial environment

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What are the different methods of measuring consciousness?

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EEG
EOG
EMG
Video monitoring
Subjective reporting - self reports and sleep diaries
Measures of speed and accuracy on cognitive tasks

Psych Unit 4 - Outcome 1 (12 decks)

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