Psychology Ch.5 Flashcards

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1
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Awareness are sleeping, dreaming, anesthesia, and coma

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Low awareness

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2
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minimal attention such as walking while you talk on the phone

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Middle Awareness

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3
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Maximum attention like learning to drive and studying for the exam.

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High Awareness

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4
Q

Learning a new skill watching an engrossing movie

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Focused Awareness

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5
Q

Daydreaming, or letting one’s
thoughts wander

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Drifting Consciousness

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6
Q

Thinking of other things while
exercising or driving a car

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Divided consciousness

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7
Q

During sleep, the person is generally
unaware of external surroundings
but may respond
to certain stimuli

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Sleeping and dreaming

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8
Q

Changes in consciousness
associated with hypnosis,
meditation, and drug use

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Waking states of
altered consciousness

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9
Q

You go to sleep or wake up, visit
the toilet, eat, and other processes at about the same
time each day.

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24-hour
(or circadian) rhythm.

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10
Q

Important for learning and
consolidation of memories

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(REM)

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11
Q

is satisfied before
REM

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NREM

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12
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REM decreases as you?

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Age

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13
Q

Timmy usually is in a good mood but lately he hasn’t been getting good rest and has been lashing out and been in depressive states what might be wrong?

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Deprivation

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14
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This hormone increases in our bodies when we are sleep deprived!

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Increased Cortisol

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15
Q

72 hours without
sleep leads to?

A

brief
seconds-long
microsleeps!

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16
Q

Persistent difficulty falling sleep, staying asleep or waking up to early.

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Insomnia

17
Q

sleep interrupting waking ours and affects everyday activities

A

Narcolepsy

18
Q

interruption of breathing while sleep, cause snoring and poor quality sleep

A

Sleep Apnea

19
Q

Bad dreams during REM which causes wake.

A

Nightmares

20
Q

Panic during NREM which cause wake

A

Night Terrors

21
Q

A
systematic procedure
that typically produces
a heightened state of
suggestibility

A

Hypnosis

22
Q

Attention is
concentrated on a specific object, image,
sound, or bodily sensation to clear the
mind of its clutter.

A

Focused attention:

23
Q

Becoming a detached
observer by focusing attention on a
moment-to-moment experience, and
awareness of one’s own sensations,
thoughts, and feelings.

A

Open monitoring

24
Q

Using a substance that causes emotional or physical harm to the drug user or others.

A

Drug abuse

25
Q

are withdrawal symptoms and drug tolerance.

A

Addiction

26
Q

Mental desire or craving to achieve a drug’s effect/a disconnect from
reality,

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Psychological Dependence

27
Q

Changes in bodily processes (withdrawal symptoms causing illness or pain that make a drug necessary for minimum daily functioning).

A

Physical Dependence

28
Q

What does drugs do for you?

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euphoria/relaxation/reduce anxiety/alertness

29
Q

Drugs cause tissue damage directly/

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Direct Effects

30
Q

People using stimulants often do not eat or sleep properly.
• Sedatives increase the risk of accidental injuries because they severely impair motor coordination.
• People who abuse downers often trip down stairs, fall off stools, and suffer other mishaps.

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Indirect Effects