Chapter 3

Question 1

Consciousness

Answer 1

our awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 2

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 2

study of brain activity linked with cognition

Question 3

dual processing

Answer 3

info is simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

Question 4

blindsight

Answer 4

condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it

Question 5

parallel processing

Answer 5

processing many things at once

Question 6

serial conscious processing

Answer 6

one step at a time sloving

Question 7

selective attention

Answer 7

focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Question 8

inattentional blindness

Answer 8

failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

Question 9

change blindness

Answer 9

failing to notice changes in the environment

Question 10

sleep

Answer 10

periodic, natural, reversible loss of consciousness as distinct from unconsciousness resulting from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation

Question 11

biological clock

Answer 11

circadian rhythm

Question 12

REM

Answer 12

RAPID EYE MOVEMENT
4 or 5 a night
starts 90-120 minutes after stage 1

Question 13

paradoxical sleep

Answer 13

internal body is aroused, but external body is not

Question 14

REM rebound

Answer 14

the tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation

Question 15

insomnia

Answer 15

not being able to fall asleep

Question 16

narcolepsy

Answer 16

uncontrollable sleep attacks

Question 17

sleep apnea

Answer 17

cease breathing while sleeping causing momentary awakenings

Question 18

night terrors

Answer 18

nightmares occurring during stage 4

seldom remembered

Question 19

manifest content

Answer 19

freud’s story line of dream

Question 20

latent content

Answer 20

freud’s underlying meaning of a dream

Question 21

Freuds theory of dreams

Answer 21

dreams allow us to act our unconscious desires

Question 22

activation synthesis theory

Answer 22

dreams are nothing more than the brains interpretations of what is happening physiologically during rem sleep

Question 23

info processing theory

Answer 23

the brain is dealing with daily stress and info during REM

Question 24

another dream theory…

Answer 24

dreams allow us to think about unsolved problems without any extra stimulus

Question 25

physiological function theory

Answer 25

dreams provide basic stimulation of your brain to maintain neural pathways

Question 26

hypnosis

Answer 26

1 person suggests to another that certain perceptions, feeling, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur.

Question 27

posthypnotic suggestions

Answer 27

suggestion made during a hypnosis, to be carried out after hypnosis.

Question 28

social aspects of hypnosis

Answer 28

people act out the role of a hypnotize person and follow suggestions of the hypnotist because that is what is expected of them

Question 29

dissociation

Answer 29

split in consciousness which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others

Question 30

psychoactive drugs

Answer 30

substance that alters perceptions and moods

Question 31

physical dependence

Answer 31

physiological need for a drug

Question 32

psychological dependence

Answer 32

needed to relieve negative emotions

Question 33

depressant

Answer 33

slow down body

Question 34

barbiturates

Answer 34

drugs that depress the activity of the CNS, reducing anxiety but impairing memory judgment

Question 35

Opiates

Answer 35

depress neural activity, temporarily lessening pain and anxiety

Question 36

stimulants

Answer 36

excite neural activity and speed up body functions

Question 37

Hallucinations

Answer 37

false sensory experiences such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus

Question 38

caffeine

Answer 38

good thing: excite neural activity, speed up body functions | bad thing: you will have a crash. you might become dependent on it if you develop a tolerance.