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consciousness

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our awareness; being aware

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selective attention

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our focus of conscious awareness on one stimuli

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inattention

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failing to see visual objects when attention is elsewhere

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dual processing: the two track mind

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info is processed consciously and unconsciously. High track is conscious where low track is unconscious

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circadian rhythm

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our pattern on being awake, and being asleep

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sleep stages

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REM, REM-1, REM-2, REM-3

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REM

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(rapid eye movement) where vivid dreams occur

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what effects our sleep patterns?

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environment, what we eat and drink, medications, stress

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why do we sleep?

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Protection, recuperation, rebuild and restore fading memories, helps creative thinking, supports immune and body growth

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sleep deprivation

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sleep debt

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major sleep disorders

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sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors

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why do we dream

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satisfies our wishes, files away memories, reflects cognitive development

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tolerance

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getting so use to a drug that you need more and more of it to fulfill craving

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addiction

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compulsive craving

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depressants

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drug that calms the neural activity & slows body functions
ex: alcohol, tranquilizers, opiates

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stimulants

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excites neural activity and speeds up body functions

ex: coffee, amphetamine, nicotine

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hallucinogens

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distorts perceptions and evokes sensory memory when sensory input isn’t there
ex: Weed, LSD, Shrooms

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biological influence of drug use

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Having an identical rather than fraternal twin with alcohol use disorder puts one at increased risk for alcohol problems. In marijuana use, too, identical twins more closely resemble each other than do fraternal twins

Boys who at age 6 are excitable, impulsive, and fearless (genetically influenced traits) are more likely as teens to smoke, drink, and use other drugs
Biological influences on drug use extend to other drugs as well. One study tracked 18,115 Swedish adoptees. Those with drug-abusing biological parents were at doubled risk of drug abuse, indicating a genetic influence. But then those with drug-abusing adoptive siblings also had a doubled risk of drug abuse, indicating an environmental influence

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teratogens

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viruses that affect the baby in the first trimester (alcohol, drugs, cigarettes)

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sensorimotor

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(birth-2) babies take in the world through their senses, touching, hearing, grasping, mouthing

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preoperational

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(2-6) able to represent things with images and words, but too young to preform mental operations

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concrete operational

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(7-11) understanding conversations with physical materials

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formal operational

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(12+) thinking is within reach

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reflecting on Piaget’s theory

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researchers have found more about development; more continuous

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autism spectrum disorder

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disorder in social deficiencies and repetitive behavior

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stranger anxiety

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(8 mo) fear of strangers that babies display

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human bonding

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emotional tie with another person

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attachment differences

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imprinting

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trust vs mistrust

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(birth-1) if needs are dependently met, infants form basic trust

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autonomy vs shame

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(1-2) toddlers do things on their own, or they doubt their ability

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initiative vs guilt

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(3-5) preschoolers learn to initiate and carry out plans or they feel guilty

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competency vs inferiority

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(6-puberty) children learn pleasure of applying themselves to tasks or they feel inferior

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identity vs confusion

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(teens-20’s) teens work at becoming who they are by trying out different identities

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emerging adulthood

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(18-mid 20’s) no longer kids, but have yet to take the responsibility of an adult

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intimacy vs isolation

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(20-40) young adults struggle to form close relationships and to gain the capacity of intimate love, or they feel isolated

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generativity vs stagnation

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(40-60) in middle age, people get a sense of giving back to the world, usually through family and work, or they may feel a lack or purpose

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integrity vs despair

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(late 60’s +) reflecting on their lives, older people may feel integrity or they may feel despair .

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