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1
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consciousness

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awareness of the environment/world around you

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1st main function of consciousness

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  1. consciousness restricts our attention
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2nd main function of consciousness

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  1. provides us with a mental meeting place where sensation combines with memory, emotion, and motives
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3rd main function of consciousness

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allows us to create a mental model of the world/an object

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conscious

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part of the mind that holds what you are aware of

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precociousness

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ordinary memory

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unconscious

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part of the mind was not directly accessible to awareness
-hidden, unretrievable

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biological rhythms

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psychological fluctuations that affect body temp, blood pressure, and effectiveness of medication
-if you are tired, hungry, thirsty

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circadian rhythms

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occur once during 24 hour period
ex: sleep cycle

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10
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hypothalamus

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control center for our 24 hour rhythm of sleep

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why do we sleep

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body needs to recharge and heal

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stage 1 of sleep

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lightest stage of sleep, 5-10 min

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stage 2 of sleep

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wave-burst called spindles are common breathing, brain waves, heart beat go down

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stage 3 of sleep

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sleep walking and talking
delta sleep
30 min

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rem

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dream stage
paradoxical sleep (muscles relaxed like paralyzed)

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16
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sleep debt

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after not getting enough sleep your body will carry through the day

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17
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rem rebound

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gaining back lost hours of sleep

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18
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insomnia

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reoccurring problems falling or staying asleep

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sleep apnea

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sleep disorder that forces a person to stop breathing while sleeping

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narcolepsy

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uncontrollable sleep disorder

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somnambulism

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sleepwalking
can walk, talk, but no memory

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night terror

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high alertness and appearance of being terrified

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myoclonus

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movement or flinch that occurs in stage 1 or 2 of sleep

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24
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2 main functions of dreams

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  1. guard conscious
  2. serve a source for wish fulfillment
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25
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manifest content

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dreams storyline

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latent content

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symbolic meaning

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27
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negative emotional content

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8 out of 10 dreams have negative content

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28
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failure dream

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reoccurring dream of falling, being attacked, and rejected

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29
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sexual

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men: 1 in 10
women: 1 in 30

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30
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information processing

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the memory-related function of sorting through the day’s experience

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31
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AWAKE
physiological/restorative function

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neural activity during rem sleep which provides brain stimulation or growth

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32
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ASLEEP
activation synthesis

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makes sense of random neural firing in parts of our brain

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33
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cognitive

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dreams are the embodiment of thing

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34
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hypnosis

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disassociation
split between level of consciousness, hypnosis disassociates the physical stimulus of pain from the emotional suffering that defines our experience of pain

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35
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selected attention

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get caught up in the moment and do not feel the pain

36
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psychoactive drug

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a chemical substance that alters perception and mood

37
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physical dependence

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psychological need for drug
unpleasant withdrawal

38
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psychological dependence

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need to use a drug to relieve negative emotion

39
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depressant

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drug that reduces neural activity/slows down body function
alcohol, opiates

40
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stimulus

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drugs that excite neural activity/speed up body function
caffeine, nicotine, cocaine

41
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halluciogens

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drugs that distort perceptions
LSD

42
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ecstasy (MDMA)

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synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen, short and long-term effect

43
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memory

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system that encodes, stores, and retrieves information

44
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information-processing model

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the brain takes meaningless information and turns it into patterns

45
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encoding

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modification of information to fit the preferred format for the memory system

46
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eleboration

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require extra encoding effort to make the information useful
-ex: needing to study before a test

47
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visual encoding

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encoding of picture image

48
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automatic processing

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unconscious encoding of incidental information
-space, time, frequency, word meaning, reading backward

49
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effortful processing

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requires attention and conscious effort

50
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rehearsal

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conscious repetition of information; maintaining info

51
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sensory memory

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no capacity/ no duration
-sight, sound, smell

52
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storage

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retaining info

53
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capacity

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7(+/-2)

54
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duration

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holds info for 20 seconds

55
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chucking

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organizing items into familiar manageable units
ex:
1776149218121941
(1776)(1492)(1812)(1941)

56
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maintenance rehearsal

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saying over and over to help refresh memory like looking over notes and vocab before a test

57
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flashbulb memory

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can remember a memory with the same emotions and feelings as when it first happened 20 years ago

58
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engram

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long term memory

59
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retrieval

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locating and recovering information from memory

60
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eidetic imagery

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photographic memory

61
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amnesia

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complete memory loss

62
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retrograde amnesia

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inability to remember previous memories after an accident

63
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anterograde amnesia

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inability to form memories from new material

64
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retrieval clues

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search term we use to activate memory like saying it’s on the tip of my tongue

65
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recall

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a retrieval method in which one mus product previously presented material
ex: police sketch of a suspect

66
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recongintion

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retrieval method in which one must identify into that’s provided that has previously presented
ex: multiple choice test

67
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priming

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quick association that leads to recall of memory

68
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context effect

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location and condition might trigger memories

69
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mood

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when you are in a good mood you remember more

70
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schemas

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understanding of specific setting

71
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decay theory

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memories gradually fade in strength if haven’t thought of them in a while

72
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encoding failure

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forgetting things like where you put your keys or phone

73
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proactive interference

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old acting with new

74
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retractive memory

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new acting with old

75
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misattribution

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memory fault occurs when memories are retired but are associated with place and time

76
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suggestibility

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process of memory distortion as the result of deliberate or inadvertent suggestion

77
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bias

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influence of person’s beliefs and attitude

78
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expectancy bias

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what you expect to happen

79
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self consistancy

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what should have happened

80
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persistence

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memory problem where unwanted memories cannot be put out of our mind

81
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transcience

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prevent memory overload

82
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blocking

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focus on task

83
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absent

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ability to shift attention

84
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misattribution

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focus on meaning rather than detail

85
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persistence

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remember emotional memories

86
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Define memory

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Persistance of learning over time.
Involves encoding, storage, retrieval of info

DC Psych Test 1 (4 decks)

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