Unit 5 - States of Consciousness

Question 1

Consciousness

Answer 1

Awareness of self and the environment

Question 2

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 2

The interdisciplinary study of the brain liked with cognition

Question 3

Dual processing

Answer 3

The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

Question 4

Selective Attention

Answer 4

The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Question 5

Inattentional Blindness

Answer 5

Failing to see visible objects when attention is directed elsewhere

Question 6

Change Blindness

Answer 6

Failing to notice changes in the environment

Question 7

Circadian Rhythm

Answer 7

A biological clock that regulates body rhythms such as temperature and sleep

Question 8

REM Sleep

Answer 8

Rapid Eye Movement sleep, a sleeping stage during which vivid dreams occur

Question 9

Alpha waves

Answer 9

Relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state

Question 10

Sleep

Answer 10

A periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness

Question 11

Stage 1 sleep

Answer 11

The stage of sleep in which hypnogogic sensations (falling), hallucinations, and fleeting images occur

Question 12

Stage 2 sleep

Answer 12

The stage of sleep in which you are 100% asleep, and sleep spindles occur

Question 13

Stages 3 and 4 sleep

Answer 13

The stages of sleep in which delta waves occur, and it is hard to wake up from

Question 14

Insomnia

Answer 14

Recurring problems in falling or staying asleep

Question 15

Narcolepsy

Answer 15

A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks

Question 16

Sleep Apnea

Answer 16

A sleep disorder characterized by temporary lack of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings

Question 17

Night Terrors

Answer 17

A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified, occurs during stage 4 sleep

Question 18

Dream

Answer 18

A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person’s mind

Question 19

Manifest content

Answer 19

The remembered meaning of a dream

Question 20

Latent content

Answer 20

The underlying meaning of a dream

Question 21

Psychoactive drugs

Answer 21

A chemical substance that alters perception and moods

Question 22

Tolerance

Answer 22

An increased reduction of the effect of a drug after continued use

Question 23

Withdrawal

Answer 23

Discomfort/distress following a discontinued use of a drug

Question 24

Physical dependence

Answer 24

A physiological need to use a drug

Question 25

Addiction

Answer 25

Compulsive drug craving and use despite negative effects

Question 26

Depressant

Answer 26

Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow bodily functions

Question 27

Alcohol

Answer 27

A depressant that increases helpful/harmful tendencies, disrupts memory creation, reduces self control

Question 28

Barbiturates

Answer 28

Drugs that depress the activity of the CNS, reducing anxiety but improving memory and judgement

Question 29

Opiates

Answer 29

Depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety

Question 30

Stimulants

Answer 30

Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions

Question 31

Amphetamines

Answer 31

Stimulants but with neural activiy

Question 32

Methamphetamines

Answer 32

Stimulants but with the Central Nervous System

Question 33

Nicotine

Answer 33

A drug that stimulates the CNS and releases neurotransmitters that calm anxiety, reduce pain sensitivity, diminish appetite, and boost alertness

Question 34

Cocaine

Answer 34

A stimulant drug that depletes neurotransmitters such as dopamine, serotonin, norepinephrine

Question 35

Ecstasy

Answer 35

A synthetic stimulant, physically destroys serotonin producing neurons

Question 36

Hallucinogens

Answer 36

Drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input

Question 37

LSD

Answer 37

A powerful hallucinogen drug, AKA acid

Question 38

Marijuana

Answer 38

Triggers a variety of effects, including mild hallucinations