states of consciousness

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

an individuals awareness of external events and internal sensations under a condition or arousal

Question 2

a stream of consciousness

Answer 2

a continous flow of changing sensations images thoughts and feelings

Question 3

metacognition

Answer 3

thinking about thinking

Question 4

controlled processes

Answer 4

most alert states of human consiousness

Question 5

automatic processes

Answer 5

states of consciousness that require little attention and do not interfere

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preconscious

Answer 6

outside of awerness but contains feelings and memories that you can easily bring into conscious awareness

Question 7

nonconscious

Answer 7

describing that which is not explicitly in the contents of conscious experience. 2. describing any cognitive process or event that is not available to introspection or report

Question 8

subconscious

Answer 8

info that we are not consciously aware of but we know exist due to behavior

Question 9

unconscious thought

Answer 9

reservoir of unacceptable

Question 10

sleep

Answer 10

a natural state of rest for the body and mind that involves the reversible loss of consciousness

Question 11

biological rythms

Answer 11

periodic physiocological fluctuations in the body

Question 12

circadian rhythms

Answer 12

The natural cycle of physical, mental, and behavior changes that the body goes through in a 24-hour cycle

Question 13

sleep stages

Answer 13

• In stage 1, you transition from wakefulness to sleep.
• In stage 2 you enter light sleep.
• By stage 3 you are in a deep sleep.
• Stage 4 REM, known as paradoxical sleep, is when the body’s immobilized and dreams occur.

Question 14

REM sleep

Answer 14

The phase of sleep in which most dreams occur

Question 15

sleep cycles

Answer 15

a recurring pattern of sleep stages in which a period of slow waves sleep is followed by a period of REM sleep

Question 16

sleep disorders

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involves problems with the quality timingand amount of sleep which result in day time distress and impairment in functioning

Question 17

insomnia

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the ability to sleep including problems falling alseep waking up during the night or wakking up to early

Question 18

narcolepsy

Answer 18

intense sleepiness and fall asleep at unpredictable and inapproproaate times

Question 19

sleep apnea

Answer 19

sleep disorder in which individuals stop breathing because the windpipe fails to open or the brain processes involved in respiration fail to work properly

Question 20

night terrors

Answer 20

features sudden arousal from sleep and intense fear

Question 21

dreams

Answer 21

conscious state that occurs durring sleep and is often characterized by a rich array of endogenous

Question 22

Freudian dream interpretation

Answer 22

the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind

Question 23

manifest content

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is the literal content of our dreams

Question 24

latent content

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is the dreams hidden content (true meaning)

Question 25

Activation synthesis theory

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look at dreams as biological phenomena

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information processing dream theory

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falls some where between the Freudian and activation synthesize theories

Question 27

psychoactive drugs

Answer 27

act on nervous system to alter consciousness modify perception and change mood

Question 28

tolerance

Answer 28

thee need to take increasing amounts of a drug to get the same effect

Question 29

withdrawal

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A term used to describe the physical and mental symptoms that a person has when they suddenly stop or cut back the use of an addictive substance

Question 30

physical dependence

Answer 30

the physiological need for a drug because of your tolerance that causes un pleasent withdrawal symptoms

Question 31

psychological dependence

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is the strong desire to repeat the use of a drug for emotional reasons

Question 32

addiction

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dependence change in the brain chemistry from taking the drug necessities taking the drug to prevent withdrawal

Question 33

depressants

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psychoactive drug that slow down mental and physical activity

Question 34

barbiturates

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decrease the central nervous system activity

Question 35

tranquilizers

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depressants drugs that reduce anxiety and indure relaxation

Question 36

opiates

Answer 36

morphine heroin methadone codeine

Question 37

stimulants

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are psychoactive drugs that increase the central nervous systems activity

Question 38

hallucinogens

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are psychoactive drugs that modify a persons perceptual experiences and produce visual image that are not real

Question 39

hypnosis

Answer 39

state of consciousness or altered attention and expectation in which the individuals in unusually receptive to suggestions

Question 40

posthypnotic suggestion

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a suggestions that a hypnotized person behave in a certain way after her or she is brought out of hypnosis

Question 41

post hypnotic amnesia

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people report forgetting events that occured/ while they were hypnotized

Question 42

role theory of hypnosis

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states that hypnosis is not an altered state of consciousness at all it could be a social phenomenon instead acting out a role based on expectations

Question 43

state thoery of hypnosis

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we become more or less aware of out environment

Question 44

state theory of hypnosis

Answer 44

we become more or less aware of out environment