Test 2

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

our awareness; being aware

Question 2

selective attention

Answer 2

our focus of conscious awareness on one stimuli

Question 3

inattention

Answer 3

failing to see visual objects when attention is elsewhere

Question 4

dual processing: the two track mind

Answer 4

info is processed consciously and unconsciously. High track is conscious where low track is unconscious

Question 5

circadian rhythm

Answer 5

our pattern on being awake, and being asleep

Question 6

sleep stages

Answer 6

REM, REM-1, REM-2, REM-3

Question 7

REM

Answer 7

(rapid eye movement) where vivid dreams occur

Question 8

what effects our sleep patterns?

Answer 8

environment, what we eat and drink, medications, stress

Question 9

why do we sleep?

Answer 9

Protection, recuperation, rebuild and restore fading memories, helps creative thinking, supports immune and body growth

Question 10

sleep deprivation

Answer 10

sleep debt

Question 11

major sleep disorders

Answer 11

sleep apnea, insomnia, narcolepsy, night terrors

Question 12

why do we dream

Answer 12

satisfies our wishes, files away memories, reflects cognitive development

Question 13

tolerance

Answer 13

getting so use to a drug that you need more and more of it to fulfill craving

Question 14

addiction

Answer 14

compulsive craving

Question 15

depressants

Answer 15

drug that calms the neural activity & slows body functions
ex: alcohol, tranquilizers, opiates

Question 16

stimulants

Answer 16

excites neural activity and speeds up body functions

ex: coffee, amphetamine, nicotine

Question 17

hallucinogens

Answer 17

distorts perceptions and evokes sensory memory when sensory input isn’t there
ex: Weed, LSD, Shrooms

Question 18

biological influence of drug use

Answer 18

Having an identical rather than fraternal twin with alcohol use disorder puts one at increased risk for alcohol problems. In marijuana use, too, identical twins more closely resemble each other than do fraternal twins

Boys who at age 6 are excitable, impulsive, and fearless (genetically influenced traits) are more likely as teens to smoke, drink, and use other drugs
Biological influences on drug use extend to other drugs as well. One study tracked 18,115 Swedish adoptees. Those with drug-abusing biological parents were at doubled risk of drug abuse, indicating a genetic influence. But then those with drug-abusing adoptive siblings also had a doubled risk of drug abuse, indicating an environmental influence

Question 19

teratogens

Answer 19

viruses that affect the baby in the first trimester (alcohol, drugs, cigarettes)

Question 20

sensorimotor

Answer 20

(birth-2) babies take in the world through their senses, touching, hearing, grasping, mouthing

Question 21

preoperational

Answer 21

(2-6) able to represent things with images and words, but too young to preform mental operations

Question 22

concrete operational

Answer 22

(7-11) understanding conversations with physical materials

Question 23

formal operational

Answer 23

(12+) thinking is within reach

Question 24

reflecting on Piaget’s theory

Answer 24

researchers have found more about development; more continuous

Question 25

autism spectrum disorder

Answer 25

disorder in social deficiencies and repetitive behavior

Question 26

stranger anxiety

Answer 26

(8 mo) fear of strangers that babies display

Question 27

human bonding

Answer 27

emotional tie with another person

Question 28

attachment differences

Answer 28

imprinting

Question 29

trust vs mistrust

Answer 29

(birth-1) if needs are dependently met, infants form basic trust

Question 30

autonomy vs shame

Answer 30

(1-2) toddlers do things on their own, or they doubt their ability

Question 31

initiative vs guilt

Answer 31

(3-5) preschoolers learn to initiate and carry out plans or they feel guilty

Question 32

competency vs inferiority

Answer 32

(6-puberty) children learn pleasure of applying themselves to tasks or they feel inferior

Question 33

identity vs confusion

Answer 33

(teens-20's) teens work at becoming who they are by trying out different identities

Question 34

emerging adulthood

Answer 34

(18-mid 20's) no longer kids, but have yet to take the responsibility of an adult

Question 35

intimacy vs isolation

Answer 35

(20-40) young adults struggle to form close relationships and to gain the capacity of intimate love, or they feel isolated

Question 36

generativity vs stagnation

Answer 36

(40-60) in middle age, people get a sense of giving back to the world, usually through family and work, or they may feel a lack or purpose

Question 37

integrity vs despair

Answer 37

(late 60's +) reflecting on their lives, older people may feel integrity or they may feel despair .