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18 Cards in this Set
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Stream Of Consciousness |
William James, a continued flow of ever changing sensations, images, thoughts, and feelings. |
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Metacognition |
thinking about thinking, The awareness of thinking about something can have survival benefits |
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Consciousness |
1) an individual’s level of awareness to external events and internal sensations 2) Arousal |
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Arousal |
to the physiological state of being engaged withthe environment. determinedby the reticular activating system, a network of structures including the brainstem, medulla, and thalamus. |
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Global Brain Workspace |
awareness, involving a variety of brain areas working in parallel |
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Theory of mind |
consciousnessis the part of yourself that contains your private thoughts and feelings. empathy and sympathy. Researchers propose thatchildren with autism may lack a well-developed theory of mind, which couldexplain their social deficits. |
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Controlledprocesses |
the most alert states of consciousness. Individuals actively alert their attention toward a goal. Higher-Level Consciousness |
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Automatic Processes |
states of consciousness that require littleattention, and they do not interfere with other activities. |
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Daydreaming |
between active consciousness and dreaming while asleep. Mind Wandering making plans, solving problems, creative ideas. keep minds active while coping, creating, and fantasizing |
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Alteredstates of consciousness |
mental states that are noticeably different from normal awareness. brought about through drugs, trauma, fatigue, possibly hypnosis, and sensory deprivation |
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Subconscious awareness |
unawareness of many things that may be happening (such as your brain functioning) around you. Your brain is processing information without you even noticing it. |
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Incubation |
the subconscious processing of information that leads to a solution to a problem after a break from conscious thought about that problem |
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Sleep |
still somewhat aware of external stimuli |
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Unconscious |
knocked out or under anesthesia a person keeps unacceptable wishes, feelings, and thoughts that are beyond their awareness. can have an important influence on our behavior |
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Biological Rhythms |
controlled by biological clock, annual or seasonal cycles, twenty-eight-day cycles and twenty-four-hour cycles desynchronized or set off their cycle by Jet Lag. work shifts or insomnia. Melatonin reduces jetlag |
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circadian rhythm |
a daily behavioral or physiological cycle. sleep/wake cyles, body temp., blood pressure, blood sugar levels |
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suprachiasmatic nucleus |
a small structure in the brain that synchronizes its own rhythm with the daily cycle of light and dusk and is based on information from the retina |
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Sleep |
restoration, growth, and memory. mechanism for survival. body's cells increase production and reduce breakdown of proteins. Neurons used while awake a time to shut down and repair themselves. |
