PSY Exam #2 Pt. 2

Question 1

Change Blindness

Answer 1

Failure to see small things changing in our environment

Question 2

Selective Attention

Answer 2

Cocktail Party Effect

Question 3

Circadian Rhythm

Answer 3

Our bodies natural 24 hour cycle, biological clock

Question 4

How many minutes is a sleep cycle?

Answer 4

90 min

Question 5

Stage 1 of Sleep

Answer 5

Brief, 10 minutes

Question 6

Stage 2 of sleep

Answer 6

Rapid rhythmic brain activity, 20 minutes

Question 7

Stage 3 of sleep

Answer 7

Hard to wake up, delta waves, 30 minutes

Question 8

REM sleep

Answer 8

30 minutes but get longer as cycles repeat, dreams occur

Question 9

Why sleep?

Answer 9

Protects us from predators at night
Recuperates: repair cell, manage waste, growth
Stores memories
Think creatively
Supports growth

Question 10

Sleep Deprivation leads to…

Answer 10

Depression
Performance Decrease
Weight gain
Illness
Reduces attention

Question 11

Insomnia

Answer 11

Persistent problems falling or staying asleep

Question 12

Narcolepsy

Answer 12

Sudden uncontrollable sleep attacks

Question 13

Sleep Apnea

Answer 13

Stopping breathing while sleeping

Question 14

Night Terrors

Answer 14

Terrible dreams, don’t remember when you wake up

Question 15

Sleepwalking

Answer 15

Brain sends messages to body while dreaming

Question 16

Dream

Answer 16

Hallucination of the sleeping mind

Question 17

Freud’s dream theory

Answer 17

dream to satisfy our own wishes

Question 18

Freud —> manifest

Answer 18

What’s happening in the dream

Question 19

Freud –> Latent

Answer 19

Meaning or reasoning behind the dream

Question 20

Activation Synthesis Theory

Answer 20

Dreams are caused by our brain trying to piece together a collection of information

Question 21

Hypnosis

Answer 21

Power of influence in which one person suggests to another that things will occur

Question 22

Social Influence theory

Answer 22

Subjects may simply be imaginative actors playing a role

Question 23

Psychoactive Drug

Answer 23

chemical substance that alters perception and mood

Question 24

Tolerance

Answer 24

Our body adapts so that we need more to get the same result

Question 25

Withdrawal

Answer 25

when stopping a substance users feel undesirable effects

Question 26

Dependence

Answer 26

Our body needs the substance or drugs in order to feel normal

Question 27

Depressant

Answer 27

inhibits activity neurally and calms down the body (Alc, Barbiturates, and Opiates)

Question 28

Alcohol

Answer 28

Depressant that slows processing and reduces self control

Question 29

Barbiturates

Answer 29

Anxiety Meds, Sleeping Pills, or tranquilizers that are depressants which suppress the nervous system

Question 30

Opiates

Answer 30

Morphine or Heroin which are depressants and depress neural activity and are highly addictive

Question 31

Stimulants

Answer 31

Drugs that excite neural activity (Caffeine, cocaine, and meth)

Question 32

Caffeine and Nicotine

Answer 32

Stimulant that Increase Heart/breathing rates and are highly addictive

Question 33

Cocaine

Answer 33

Stimulant that has an immediate euphoria followed by a crash

Question 34

Methamphetamine

Answer 34

Stimulant that elevates energy but leaves user depressed

Question 35

Ecstasy

Answer 35

Stimulant that is a mild hallucinogen with a euphoric high and permanent deflation of mood

Question 36

Hallucinogens

Answer 36

distort perceptions and evoke sensory images (LSD and Marijuana)

Question 37

LSD

Answer 37

Hallucinogen known as acid which leads to panic as well as shapes, tunnels, and near death experiences

Question 38

Marijauna

Answer 38

Hallucinogen and mild depressant that gives you poor judgement and stays in system for two weeks

Question 39

Cognition

Answer 39

Involves all mental activities

Question 40

Algorithms

Answer 40

problem solving strategy that is a step by step procedure that guarantees a solution

Question 41

Insight

Answer 41

Abrupt sudden solution to a problem (Ah Ha moment)

Question 42

Schemas

Answer 42

Mental framework that help organize information. Resistant to change and results in confirmation bias and belief perserverance

Question 43

Priming

Answer 43

Activation of a schema which makes the concepts in your brain clearer ( ex: horror movie)

Question 44

Hueristics

Answer 44

Mental shortcuts to make quicker judgements instead of fully thinking through every detail

Question 45

Cognitive Miser

Answer 45

Saving our mental energy

Question 46

Representativeness Heuristic

Answer 46

judging the likeliness of things on how well they match a prototype and ignores basic information

Question 47

Availability Hueristic

Answer 47

Whatever comes to mind easier based on frequency

Question 48

Framing

Answer 48

the perspective on how we approach gains and losses and phrasing information to look the way we want (telling parents about grades)

Question 49

Anchoring and Adjustment

Answer 49

Over reliance on pre existing judgements (First impressions)