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Unit 5: States of Consciousness Flashcards

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A measure of the percentage of alcohol found in a person’s blood.

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Blood Alcohol Content (BAC)

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The physiological sleep-wake cycle.

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Circadian Rhythm

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Influenced by exposure to sunlight as well as daily schedule and activity.

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Circadian Rhythm

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Biologically, it includes changes in body temperature, blood pressure and blood-sugar

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Circadian Rhythm

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The awareness or deliberate perception of a stimulus

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Consciousness

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A stimulus that has a particular significance to the perceiver (a sight or sound that has special relevance to the person who saw or heard it)

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Cues

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A class of drugs that slow down the body’s physiological and mental processes

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Depressants

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The heightened focus on one stimulus or thought such that many other things around you are ignored

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Dissociation

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A disconnect between ones awareness of their environment and the one object the person is focusing on

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Dissociation

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An intense feeling of pleasure, excitement or happiness

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Euphoria

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The ability for people to correct or change their beliefs and evaluations if they believe these judgments have been biased

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Flexible Correction Model

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Someone realizes they only thought their day was great because it was sunny, they may revise their evaluation of the day to account for “biasing” influence of the weather.

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Flexible Correction model

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Substances that, when ingested, alter a person’s perceptions, often by creating hallucinations that are not real or distorting their perceptions of time

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Hallucinogens

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The state of consciousness whereby a person is highly responsive to the suggestions of another

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Hypnosis

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A state that usually involves a dissociation with one’s environment and an intense focus on a single stimulus

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Hypnosis

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The use of hypnotic techniques such as relaxation and suggestion to help engineer desirable change such as lower pain or quitting smoking

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Hypnotherapy

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A computer reaction time test that measures a person’s automatic associations with concepts.

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Implicit Associations Test (IAT)

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Could be used to measure how quickly a person makes positive or negative evaluations of members of various ethnic groups

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Implicit Associations Test (IAT)

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State of being fatigued and/or having difficulty adjusting to a new time zone after travelling a long distance (across multiple time zones)

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Jet Lag

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A hormone associated with increased drowsiness and sleep

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Melatonin

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A state of heightened focus on the thoughts passing through one’s head, as well as a more controlled evaluation of those thoughts

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Mindfulness

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The activation of certain thoughts or feelings that make them easier to think of and act upon

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Priming

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A class of drugs that speed up the body’s physiological and mental processes

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Stimulants

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A state of consciousness characterized by the experience of “out-of-body possession,”

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Trance States

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An acute dissociation between one’s self and the current, physical environments surrounding them

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Trance States

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Daydreaming, Sleep and a coma are all types of what?

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Low levels of awareness

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The effect in which recent experience of a stimulus facilitates processing of the same or a similar stimulus

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Priming

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Mindfulness is what type of awareness?

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High Level

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A recurring state of relaxation that is characterized by an altered state of consciousness, inhibited sensory activity and muscular inhibition

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Sleep

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Produced by the pineal gland as a metabolic product of the neurotransmitter serotonin

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Melatonin

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Regulated by suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) of the hypothalamus

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Circadian Rhythm

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What are the 5 stages of sleep?

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Awake
N1
N2
N3
REM

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Stage marking the onset of sleep, is coupled with a slowing of the heart rate and respiration

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N1/NREM
Sleep Onset

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This stage of sleep has a decrease in muscular tension and core body temperature

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N1/NREM
Sleep Onset

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This stage of sleep has a low frequency/higher amplitude than when awake

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N1/NREM
Sleep Onset

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In this stage of sleep, the body goes into a state of deep relaxation

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N2/NREM
Light Sleep

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In this stage of sleep, the brain activity is: Theta waves (4-7 cps) and sleep spindles

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N2/NREM
Light Sleep

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In this stage of sleep, the brain activity is: Delta waves (0.5-4 cps) and low frequency/high amplitude waves. Has a significant drop in heart rate and respiration

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N3/NREM
Slow Wave

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This stage of sleep, brain activity is: Beta waves (15-30 cps) High frequency/low amplitude brainwave. High levels of brain activity and inhibition of motor output

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Rapid-Eye Movement/REM sleep

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The feeling of inadequate or poor sleep due to:
Trouble falling asleep
Trouble remaining asleep
Awakening too early
Non-restorative sleep

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Insomnia

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A disorder consisting of excessive daytime sleepiness accompanied by brief “attacks” of sleep during waking hours

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Narcolepsy

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Sleep disorder characterized by persistent incidents of complex motor activity during slow wave sleep NREM sleep.

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Somnambulism

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A sleep disorder that has episodes typically occurring during the first hours of sleep and involve getting out of bed and walking

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Somnambulism

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A sleep disorder characterized by the absence of the normal paralysis of the arms and legs which leads to a person acting out his/her dream

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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

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Side of this depressant include Impaired co-ordination, poor judgment, lowered impulse control, reduced self awareness and outcome prediction

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Alcohol

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Side effects of this sedative/tranquilizer include impaired co-ordination and mental functioning, drowsiness and lethargy

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Barbiturates

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A group of narcotics derived from the opium poppy that provide a euphoric rush and depress activity in the brain

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Opiates

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Methamphetamine
Amphetamine
Cocaine are all examples of….

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Stimulants

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Agonists for Dopamine, Serotonin and Noradrenaline

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Stimulants

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Increase energy, alertness and activity

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Stimulants

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Marijuana and MDMA/Ecstasy are examples of….

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Hallucinogens

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Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a….

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Hallucinogen

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