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Week 4 - States of Consciousness Flashcards

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1
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States that occur spontaneously

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daydreaming

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2
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hallucinations, orgasm, food or oxygen starvation

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Physio-logically induced

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3
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sensory deprivation, hypnosis and meditation

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Psycho-logically induced

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_____refers to the process by which we focus our conscious awareness

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Attention

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______has been likened to a filter through which only important information passes.

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Attention

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_____ _______ focus of our conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

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Selective attention

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Studied through dichotic listening tasks

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Divided attention

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Refers to a task in which a person is asked to attended to two task at the same time

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Divided attention

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9
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Conscious can be measured through self-report questionnaires, brain imaging techniques and behavioural observation.
TRUE or FALSE

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True

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10
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The normal flow of consciousness can be measured via experience sampling techniques such as beeper studies.
TRUE or FALSE

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True

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11
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conscious (subjectively aware), pre-conscious(processes which are not presently conscious) and unconscious (kept from threat) is the ______ perspective

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Psychodynamic

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12
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_______unconscious focuses on information processing such as procedural knowledge and implicit memory

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Cognitive

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13
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_______ perspective: consciousness is considered analogous to a continuously moving video camera - surveying perceptions , thoughts, emotions goals.

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Behavioural

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14
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________ perspective: consciousness evolved as a mechanism for directing behaviour in adaptive ways - related to primitive psychology processes such as conditioning.

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Evolutionary

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15
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Sleep cycles are goverend by ____ _____

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circadian rhythms

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16
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Most dreaming occurs in REM
TRUE or FALSE

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True

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17
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_______ states of consciousness - the usual conscious is altered through, hypnosis, drugs, meditation

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Altered

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18
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deep state of tranquility by altering normal flow of conscious thoughts

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Meditation

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19
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deep relaxing and suggestibility

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Hypnosis

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20
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alcohol/depressants/stimulants - that operate on the nervous system to alter mental activity

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Psychoactive substances

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21
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when you hear certain notes/sounds corresponding colours appear . Feeling emotions when seeing numbers or letters.

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Synaesthete

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22
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Two functions of the consciousness

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monitors self and environment

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23
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Dorsolateral prefrontal cortex - exerting conscious control (involved in working memory and conscious) is activated when people exercise ________ control

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conscious

24
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Anterior cingulate (monitors conflicts)is activated during this task

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Stroop colour naming task

25
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when you divert information that may be relevant but find it emotionally upsetting.

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Selective attention

26
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following two conversations is an example of divided _______

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attention

27
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divert information that may be relevant but emotionally upsetting, a process is called ______ _______

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selective inattention

28
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Attention consist of 3 functions

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  1. Orienting to sensory stimuli
  2. Controlling behaviour and the contents of consciousness
  3. Maintaining alertness
29
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used to study normal flow of consciousness

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Experience sampling

30
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Thalamus and pre frontal cortex play a role in shining a conscious spotlight on _______ , _______ and perceptions

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thought’s, feelings and perceptions

31
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We cycle through these stages every _____ minutes and it may shorten as we age

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90

32
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stages 3-4

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low wave (delta sleep) - waves are known as delta waves - groggy to wake up people up in these stages

33
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easy to wake up delta - slow eye rolling movements, high level of chin movement

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Stage 1

34
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low amplitude waves known as sleep spindles and high wave amplitudes known as K-complexes, lower amplitude in the chin - 20 mins in stage

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Stage 2

35
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brain is active -dreaming stage - rapid eye movements

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REM

36
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How much sleep do we need?

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7-9 hrs

37
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Sleep deprivation can cause:

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Depression
Weight gain
Suppression of immune cells
Poor Performance

38
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Regulated by the brains suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)
Links to the pineal gland, which secrets melatonin

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Circadian Rhythms

39
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______ neurons are active during the daytime and inactive at night

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suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN)

40
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The natural alarm clock which enable us to wake up is caused by a burst of the stress hormone adrenocorticotropin
TRUE or FALSE

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True

41
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Circadian rhythm is controlled largely by the _________ but is largley influenced by light

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hypothalamus

42
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melatonin levels diminish during daylight
TRUE or FALSE

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True

43
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Hypnotic susceptibility

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the capacity to enter deep hypnotic states

44
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disrupts the flow of consciousness

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Meditation - relaxation practice - state of tranquillity

45
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deep relaxation and suggestibility

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Hypnosis

46
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any drug that operates on the nervous system to alter patterns of mental activity

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Psychoactive substances

47
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__________ are chemical substances that carry messages to other neurons, muscles or glands.

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Neurotransmitters

48
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________ - a drug that increases the activity of a neurotransmitter

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Agonist

49
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________ - drug that inhibit or decreases the action of a neurotransmitter

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Antagonist

50
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reactions opposite to that of the drug; increase tolerance

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Compensatory responses

51
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decreasing responsiveness to a drug overtime

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Tolerance

52
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Increase alertness, energy and autonomic reactivity - heart rate and blood pressure

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Stimulants
amphetamines - cocaine

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54
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sensations and perceptions that occur in the absence of external stimulation.

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Hallucinogens

55
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drugs that operate on the nervous system to alter mental activity

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psychoactive substances
coffee, nicotine, cocaine and heroin

56
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Slows down the nervous system

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Alcohol & depressants
downers such as barbiturates and benzodiazepine

57
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a mental state of consciousness fully absorbed in the activity

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Flow

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