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47 Cards in this Set
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REM Sleep
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Rapid eye movement
blood pressure fast |
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NREM
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Non-Rapid Eye Movement
Four Sleep Stages Slow Regular Respiration |
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Brain Wave Stages
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1.Irregular Waves
2.Sleep Spindles 3.Delta Waves (slow waves) 4. Delta Waves at more that 50% |
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Effects of Sleep Deprivation
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Difficulty concentrating
Lapses in attention General irritability |
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Theories of why we sleep
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Restorative- Sleep to restore body and mind
Circadian- That sleep evolved to keep humans out of harms way during night. |
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REM Rebound
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Increased amounts of REM sleep that occurs after REM deprivation
(unpleasant dreams or nightmares) |
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"Monday Morning Blues"
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Sleep deficit of at least an hour
Internal clocks operate on a day that is longer than 24hrs |
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Parasomnias
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Sleep disturbances in which behaviors & physiological states that normally take place only in the waking state, occur while a person is sleeping
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Color Blindness
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Inability to distinguish certain colors
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Depth Perception
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Ability to perceive the visual world in three different dimensions and to judge distance accurately
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Illusions
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False perception or a misperception of an actual stimulus in the environment
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Persuasion
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Deliberate attempt to influence the attitudes and or behavior of another person
4 Elements Source Audience Message Medium |
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Altruistic Behavior
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Behavior that is aimed at helping another requires some self sacrifice, and is not performed for personal gain
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Scapegoating
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Displacing aggression onto members of minority groups or other innocent targets not responsible for the frustrating situation
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Prejudice
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A negative feeling
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Discrimination
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A behavior
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Stereotyping
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Widely shared beliefs about the characteristics, traits, attitudes and behaviors of members of various social attitude groups
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Biases
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Actor Observer Effects- Situational for self, dis-positional for others
Self Serving- Take credit for success but blame others for failure |
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Mate Selection
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We become romantically involved with equivalent others
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Why we are attracted to things or people
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Proximity
Mere-Exposure Reciprocity Similarity Physically Halo Effect |
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Conformity
Obedience Compliance |
Follow Group Standard
Follow Leader Agree to Requests |
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Group Think
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Extreme occurence -seeking
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Group Polarization
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Discussion leads to a shift towards a more extreme position
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Cognitive Dissonance
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Aversive state when attitudes & behaviors are inconsistent
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Social Loafing
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Tendency to put forth less effort when working with others
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Top Down Processing
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Info processing in which previous experience and conceptual knowledge are applied in order to recognize the nature of a whole and then logically
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Bottom Up Processing
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Info processing in which individual components of a stimulus are combined in the brain and prior knowledge is used to make inferences
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Inattentional Blindness
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Shift of focus from on thing to another and failure to notice changes
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Perceptual Set
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Expectation of what will be perceived which can effect what is actually perceived
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Dark Adaptation
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Opsin and Retinal bond together
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Altered States of Consciousness
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Change in awareness produced by sleep meditation, hypnosis and drugs
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Circadian Rhythms
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Within each 24hr period the regular fluctuation from high to low points of certain bodily functions and behaviors
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Shift Work
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Employment practice designed to make use of the 24hrs of the clock rather than a standard working day
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Jet Lag
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Consequence of alterations to circadian rhythms
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Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease
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Abnormal Circadian Rhythms
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Major Sleep Disorders
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Narcolepsy
Sleep Apnea Insomnia |
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Psychoactive Drugs
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Any substance that alters mood, perception, or thought
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Factors affecting how addictive a drug is
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How fast it works
How pleasurable it is How long effects last How unpleasant not having it is |
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Flashbacks
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LSD
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The Primacy Effect
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First Impression
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Attributions
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Dispositional- Personal, Internal
Situational- Environment, External |
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Ambiguous Figures
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Pictures that can be interpreted more than one way
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Attitudes
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Cognitive- Thoughts
Emotional- Feelings Behavioral- Actions |
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Drug Classifications
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Stimulants
Depressants Hallucinogens |
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Genetic Influence on Alcoholism
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If your parent or their parents were alcoholics there is a likelihood that you will be to
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Altered States of Consciousness
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Changes in awareness produced by sleep, meditation, hypnosis or drugs
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Zimbardos Prison Study
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Personalities can change in institutions
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