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16 Cards in this Set
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Normal waking consciousness (NWC)
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Thoughts, perceptions, desires and feelings experienced during wakefulness
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Altered state of consciousness (ASC)
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Awareness in a state other than normal waking consciousness
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Sentience
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the ability to feel or perceive subjectively
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Awareness
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perceptions thoughts, motives and feelings that are in our consciousness at any one time
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Selective attention
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the ability to focus awareness on certain stimuli while ignoring others
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Divided attention
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the ability to focus attention onto two or more activities simultaneously
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Dichotc listening test
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a task that requires a person to listen to one of two different messages being presented through headphones at the same time to each other
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Shadowing
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the act of continuously repeating verbal material aloud as soon as its heard
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Content limitation
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the process f selecting which information to attend to at any one time
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Controlled process
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information processing involving conscious, alert awareness and mental effort
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Autonomic processes
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information processing involving minimal awareness of mental effort
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Hallucinations
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sensory perceptions that occur in the absence of sensory stimulation
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Inhibitions
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a conscious or unconscious restraint upon behaviour (self control)
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Time orientation
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the way an individual perceives time and the role time plays in their lives
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Psychoactive drug
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a chemical substance that acts primarily on the central nervous system where it alters brain function
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Blood alcohol concentration
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(BAC) the concentration of alcohol in a person's blood stream, measured as grams of alcohol per 100 mm of blood (weight/volume percentage)
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