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32 Cards in this Set
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Consciousness |
our awareness of ourselves and our enviornment |
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Cognitive neuroscience |
the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with our mental processes including consciousness |
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dual processing |
perception, memory, thinking, language, and most all other aspects of psychological functioning operate on two levels: high and low road |
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high road |
conscious, deliberate processing of which we are aware |
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low road |
unconscious, automatic processing of which we are unaware |
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Sigmund Freud |
-recognize the concept of high road and low road, dual processing. -much of our behavior is driven by unconscious drives |
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patients with condition, blindsight...
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have no awareness of whatsoever of any stimuli -- like cannot subconsciously say saw the face but can tell what emotion it was (happy, sad) |
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Selection attention |
-mental spotlight that focuses conscious awareness on a very limited aspect of all that your experience
-what allows you to conc on what you're trying to study and filter irrelevant sights and sounds |
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inattentional blindness |
-we're distracted -we can miss things that happen right before our eyes
-basketball with gorilla |
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change blindness example |
man provides directions to construction worker, door comes, construction work switch places, man doesnt realize |
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circadian rhythem occur... |
-occur on 24 hour cycle and include sleep and wakefulness
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circadian rhythem is termed our... and altered by... |
-biological clock that can be altered
-artificial light
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Why do we sleep in dark and wake up in light |
-light trigger suprachiasmatic nucleus to decrease (morning) MELATONIN from the pineal gland and increase (evening) at nightfall |
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Melatonin |
a protein that is sped when there is no light (sleep) and slow down when there is light (wake up)
-yes mel = sleep -no mel = wake up |
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NREM-1 (non rapid eye movement) |
-early, light sleep with hallucinations; near-walking -transition from alpha waves to theta waves -muscles are active |
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NREM-2 |
-theta waves -sleep spindles -harder to awaken -conscious awareness of external environment disappears -occupy 45-55% total sleep in adults |
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NREM-3 |
-deep slee -slow delta waves -hard to awaken -night terrors and sleep walking |
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when do you enter REM sleep |
after reaching deep stage (NREM-3) sleep cycle starts going backward towards NREM-1 |
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REM sleep |
-still asleep, brain engages in low amplitude, fast and regular beta waves -essentially paralyzed (brain stem block messages of motor cortex) -when most dreams happen -20-25% total sleep adult -80% infants |
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What kind of waves do these have: -NREM-1 -NREM-2 -NREM-3 -REM |
-alpha waves -theta waves -delta waves -beta waves |
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what stage of sleep when dreams happen most |
REM sleep |
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Why do we sleep (4) |
1. protection -sleep in dark, predators 2. recuperation -help restore/repair brain tissue 3.consolidation of memories -rebuilds fading memories like for exams 4. growth process |
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Insomnia |
persistent inability to fall asleep or stay asleep |
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narcolepsy |
overpowering urge to fall asleep that may occur while talking or standing up |
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sleep apnea |
failure to breath when asleep |
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fatal familial insomnia |
extremely rare disease that prevents a person from sleeping so much that they die |
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Wish fulfillment |
filling our wishes by our dreams that we can do in reality |
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what gland is growth hormone released during sleep |
pituitary gland |
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hypnotically refreshed memories combine... |
fact with fiction |
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Hypnosis can help relieve |
pain |
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hypnosis involve special dual processing state of ... |
dissociation - a split between different levels of consciousness |
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3 influences of hypnosis is |
-biological: unconscious info process -psychological: focused attention, expectations, conscious awareness -social: role playing good subject |
