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lesson 6 Flashcards

1
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Consciousness

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Person’s subjective experience of the world and the mind

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Phenomenology

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How things seem to the conscious person

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3
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Problem of other minds

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Fundamental difficulty we have in

perceiving the consciousness of others

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4
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Seat of the soul

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Descartes imagined that the seat of the soul—and consciousness—is the pineal gland located in the ventricles of the brain.

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5
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Intentionality

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Being directed toward an object

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6
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Unity

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Resistance to division

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7
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Selectivity

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Capacity to include some objects but not others

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Transience

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Tendency to change

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Minimal consciousness

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Low‐level kind of sensory awareness and responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations and may output behaviour

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Full consciousness

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Consciousness in which you know and are able to report your mental state

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Self‐consciousness

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Distinct level of consciousness in which the person’s attention is drawn to the self as an object

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12
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Ironic processes of mental control

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Mental processes that can produce ironic

errors because monitoring for errors can itself produce them

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13
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Thought suppression

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Conscious avoidance of a thought

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Rebound effect of thought suppression

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Tendency of a thought to return to consciousness with greater frequency following suppression

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Dynamic unconscious

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Active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories, the person’s deepest instincts and desires, and the person’s inner struggle to control these forces; described by Freud

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16
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Repression

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Mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness

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17
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Cognitive unconscious

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Mental processes that give rise to a person’s thoughts, choices, emotions, and behaviour even though they are not experienced by the person

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Subliminal perception

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A thought or behaviour that is influenced by stimuli that a person cannot consciously report perceiving; controversial

19
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Altered state of consciousness

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Forms of experience that depart from the normal subjective experience of the world and the mind

20
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Circadian rhythm

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Naturally occurring 24‐hour cycle

21
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REM sleep

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A stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and a high level of brain activity

22
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insomnia

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Difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep

23
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Sleep apnea

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Person stops breathing for brief periods while asleep

24
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Somnambulism (sleepwalking)

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Occurs when the person arises and walks around during sleep

25
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Narcolepsy

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Sudden sleep attacks occur in the middle of waking activities

26
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Sleep paralysis

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Experience of waking up unable to move

27
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Night terrors (sleep terrors)

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Abrupt awakenings with panic and intense emotional arousal

28
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There are five major characteristics that distinguish dreaming from waking consciousness

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– Intense emotion
– Illogical thought
– Meaningful sensation
– Uncritical acceptance
– Difficulty remembering
29
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Manifest content

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Dream’s apparent topic or superficial meaning

30
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Latent content

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Dream’s true underlying meaning

31
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Psychoactive drug

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Chemical that influences consciousness or behaviour by

altering the brain’s chemical message system

32
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5 categories of drugs

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– Depressants
– Stimulants
– Narcotics
– Hallucinogens 
– Marijuana
33
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Depressants

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Substances that reduce the activity of the CNS

34
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Expectancy theory

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Idea that alcohol effects can be pronounced by people’s expectations of how alcohol will influence them in particular situations

35
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Alcohol myopia

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Condition that results when alcohol hampers attention, leading people to respond in simple ways to complex situations

36
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Stimulants

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Substances that excite the CNS, heightening arousal and activity levels. Caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, and ecstasy (MDMA)

37
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Narcotics (opiates)

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Highly addictive drugs derived from opium that relieve pain, heroin, morphine

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Hallucinogens

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Drugs that alter sensation and perception and often cause visual and auditory hallucinations

39
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Hypnosis

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Altered state of consciousness characterized by suggestibility and the feeling that one’s actions are occurring involuntarily

40
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Posthypnotic amnesia

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the failure to retrieve memories following hypnotic suggestions

41
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Hypnotic analgesia

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Reduction of pain through hypnosis in people who are susceptible to hypnosis

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