States of Consciousness 4

Question 1

continuum of consciousness

Answer 1

controlled processes
automatic processes
daydreaming
altered states
sleep and dreaming
procedural memory
unconsciousness

Question 2

controlled processes

Answer 2

aka selective attention
actively focusing on something
10-20 minutes
can’t multitask

Question 3

automatic processes

Answer 3

everything in background

Question 4

daydreaming

Answer 4

everybody does it, useful, creative, divergent thinking, always about the future
rest (consolidation)

Question 5

procedural memory

Answer 5

things you know how to do

unconscious/implicit memory

Question 6

circadian rhythms

Answer 6

24 hour cycle
guided by biology and environment (sun and light make a difference), temperature, genetics, hormones
people in nature shift to a 25 hour cycle (but debated)

Question 7

sleep purposes

Answer 7

repair, restoration, memory, learning

Question 8

adaptive/evolutionary perspective of sleep

Answer 8

sleep to keep self safe from predators/night dangers, preserve energy, but problem = at most vulnerable when asleep

Question 9

restore and repair theory of sleep

Answer 9

physically feel better, synaptic pruning

Question 10

learning/memory theory of sleep

Answer 10

consolidate memories when sleep, sleeping = learning

Question 11

REM sleep

Answer 11

20%, everything increasing
similar to being awake
aka paradoxical sleep/aserinsky sleep
cataplexy (can't move major muscles)
dreams
90 minute cycles
heightened brain activity and breathing

Question 12

NREM sleep

Answer 12

80%

everything decreasing

Question 13

stage one of sleep

Answer 13

wake to sleep, 1-7 minutes, theta waves, don’t think asleep, somewhat aware of surroundings

Question 14

stage 2 of sleep

Answer 14

begin sleep, body slows down, harder to be awakened

Question 15

stage 3 of sleep

Answer 15

slow down more, delta waves, brief

Question 16

stage 4 of sleep

Answer 16

deep sleep, secrete growth hormone, brain development, hard to wake up

Question 17

hypnagogic

Answer 17

state right before sleep

hypnagogic jerk = jerk when falling asleep

Question 18

physical dependency on drug

Answer 18

changes in brain and synapses, withdrawal symptoms

Question 19

psychological dependency on drug

Answer 19

feel wrong without it, think need it to be happy, addicted to routine of drug

Question 20

CAGE dependence/addiction

Answer 20

c = cut back (if think need to)
a = annoyance/anger (at/from people around you)
g = guilt (about using it)
e = eye-opener (first thing think about when wake up)
if yes to one then dependece issue

Question 21

abuse

Answer 21

use drug illegally or legal drug in bad way (overuse, someone else’s)

Question 22

tolerance

Answer 22

need more of drug to get high, body has changed

Question 23

hypnosis

Answer 23

person suggests that person will experience change in sensations, perceptions, thoughts, feelings, bx
can’t be hypnotized against will
some people more susceptible than others, about 1/3 each

Question 24

hypnosis ego-syntonic vs ego-dystonic

Answer 24

syntonic = think hypnosis will work, willing to try it, works better
dystonic = opposite

Question 25

hypnotic induction

Answer 25

how go under hypnosis, focus on object often (but not necessary)

Question 26

bx under hypnosis

Answer 26

nothing can’t normally do, all same bx and morals, just lowers inhibitions

Question 27

posthypnotic suggestion

Answer 27

after wake up, a cue to do something will lead to an action

Question 28

posthypntoic amnesia

Answer 28

can’t remember what happened afterward

Question 29

imagined perception

Answer 29

change perception of world

Question 30

age regression

Answer 30

doesn’t work
way to recover repressed memories
but so susceptible to suggestion that doesn’t work

Question 31

hypnotic analgesia

Answer 31

hypnotize to feel no pain

Question 32

meditation

Answer 32

a series of mental exercises meant to refocus attention and achieve a trancelike state of consciousness
trying to block out world, not just change
theta and alpha waves
goal is to focus mind on some repetitive or unchanging stimulus so that mind can forget daily hassles and problems and body can relax