Vocab - Consciousness Flashcards
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Consciousness
A person’s awareness of himself or herself and his or her environment
Altered state of consciousness
A state characterized by bizarre, disorganized, or dreamlike thought patterns
Minimal consciousness
Describes a relatively frangmented connection between self and environment in which a person might respond to a stimulus without being aware of it at a more thoughtful level
Full consciousness
A state of consciousnes in which a person is aware of his and her own environment and also is aware of his or her mental state and is able to provide information
Self consciousness
The most self-aware state of consciousness; it allows a person to focus on his or her individual self
Restrictive function
An asoect of consciousness that allows people to exercise selective attentiom, or a conscious focus on one stimulus or perception at a given time
Selective storage function
Allows people to selectively analyze, interpret, and act on stimuli
Sleep
A natural loss of consciousness
Circandian rhythm
A biological clock that regulates body functions on a 24-hour cycle
Melatonin
A sleep inducing hormone
Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep
A recurring stage of sleep during which vivid dreams usually occur
Hypnopaedia
Learning while asleep
Insomnia
A sleep disorder characterized by recurring difficulty falling or staying asleep
Narcolepsy
A sleep disorder characterized by periodic, uncontrollable sleep attacks
Sleep apnea
A sleep disorder in which people intermittently stop breathing during sleep, which in turn causes the level of oxygen in the blood to plummet
Night terrors
A sleep disorder common in young children that is characterized by high arousal and terridied appearance
Dream
A sequence of images, feelings, ideas, and impressions that pass through people’s minds as they sleep
Latent content
Describes the unconscious meaning of a dream
Hypnosis
An exercise in suggestion during which one person makes suggestions to another person regarding the perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors that the subject can expect to experience
Hypnotic ability
High susceptibility to hypnotism
Posthypnotic suggestion
A suggestion made during hypnosis that is executed by the participant when he or she is no longer hypnotized
Hypnotic analgesia
Pain relief through hypnosis
Alcohol
Poisons brain and levels of consciousness
Slurred speech-blurred vision-clumsiness-difficulty concentration
Nicotine
Found in tobacco leaves
Spurs the release of adrenaline in the body
