Psychology M.7 Flashcards

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Different levels of awareness of yourself and the world around you

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Consciousness

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2
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Requires focus/attention

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Controlled processes

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3
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Out of habit/less focus and attention required

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Automatic processes

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4
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ex: psychoactive drugs, meditation, and hypnosis

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Altered states

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5
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A part of our psyche that holds unwanted thoughts and feelings (Freud)

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The unconscious

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6
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Being unconscious

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coma

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7
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Statistic for average hours of sleep per night for American adults

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31% sleep 7 to 7.9 hours

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8
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Biological clock found in the SCN of the hypothalamus

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Wake-sleep cycle

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9
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SCN

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-suprachiasmatic nucleus
-sensitive to light

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10
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Length of sleep-wake cycles

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24hrs and 18min (based on cave-dwelling study)

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11
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Internal timing devices set to have various psychological responses occur at certain times

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Biological clock

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12
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Examples of biological clocks (TUM)

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-body temperature (varies during day)
-urine production (every few hours)
-menstrual cycle (monthly)

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13
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Bio clocks that are set to 24hr period (approximately)

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Circadian rhythms

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14
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Examples of circadian rhythms (TPC)

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-body temperature
-blood pressure
-wake-sleep cycle

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15
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Shift worker problems with CR

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Staying awake when wake-sleep cycle says to sleep

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16
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Jet lag problems with CR

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Traveler’s CR is out of sync with external clock

17
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CR problems symptoms

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-fatigue
-poor concentration and cognition

18
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Five stages of sleep

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NREM 1,2,3,4 (non-rapid eye movement)
REM (rapid eye movement)

19
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NREM is responsible for ______ repair

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Physical repair

20
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REM is responsible for ______ repair

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Psychological repair (attention, mood, and memory)

21
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Stage in sleep:
-1 to 7 minutes
-transition sleep
-“I wasn’t sleeping”

22
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Stage in sleep:
-20 to 30 minutes
-100% asleep
-Disjointed thoughts ( mumbling, groggy, no memory of waking) if woken
-Decrease in HR, BP, and resp

23
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Stage in sleep:
-Few minutes to an hour
-Deepest sleep
-Physiologically slow down even more
-Growth hormone secreted
-Sleepwalking
-Night terrors in children

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NREM 3 and 4

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Stage in sleep:
-Few minutes to an hour

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NREM takes up ____% of sleep
80% of sleep
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Visual and bizarre themes when sleeping
Dreams
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NREM body symptoms
-Muscle tone in all body -Decrease in HR, BP and resp
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NREM dreams?
No dreaming
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Freud's "Why do we dream?"
-Psych censor drops -Manifest (surface) meaning -Latent (symbolic) meaning
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Activation synthesis theory
-Frontal lobe (cognitive control) activity decreases -Limbic (emotional) and occipital (visual) activity increases
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Insomnia
Problems going to sleep or staying asleep
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Causes for insomnia
-Stressful events -Worrying -Shift work and change in sleep schedule -Alcohol use
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Narcolepsy symptoms
-Excessive sleepiness -Many brief episodes of REM sleep during day -Loss muscle control -Genetic cause
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REM takes up ____% of sleep
20% of sleep
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REM dreams?
Dreaming
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REM body symptoms
-Muscle paralysis (neck down) -Increase in HR, BP, and resp
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REM rebound
After sleep deprivation, get more REM sleep than NREM
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Roller-coaster of sleep
-NREM 3 and 4 disappear towards the end of sleep -REM sleep increases from a few minutes early on to an hour later