Psych Chapter 1 & 2

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What does ACCAPECST stand for?

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Awareness, level of

Controlled processes

Content limitations

Automatic processes

Perceptual experiences

Emotional awareness

Cognotive abilities

Self control

Time orientation

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Consciousness

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awareness of objects and events in the external world and of our own existence and mental

experiences at any given moment

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State of consciousness

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level of awareness of our internal state and external surroundings which determines how much information we will take in and respond to

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selective vs divided attention

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selective involves choosing and attending to a specific stimulus while excluding others while divided is the ability to distribute our attention and undertake two or more activities at once

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controlled process

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controlled requires a high level of mental effort and alert awareness to complete, tending to be serial (can only perform one at a time)

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automatic process

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automatic requires little conscious awareness and mental effort while tending to be paralell (can handle two or more tasks at once)

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acronym for brain waves and meaning

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Boys-beta

Are-alpha

Terrible-theta

Dancers-delta

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Beta brain waves

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low amplitude, high frequency

associated with NWC and alert attention

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Alpha brain waves

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low amplitude but higher than beta waves, high frequency but lower than beta waves

associated with relaxed, wakeful state

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Theta brain waves

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mixture of low and high amplitude, medium frequency

associated with early stages of sleep

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Delta brain waves

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highest amplitude and lowest frequency

associated with deepest stages of sleep

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acronym for methods of measuring alertness

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Detects

Amplify

Record

Electrical activity of...

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eeg

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detects amplifies and records the electrical activity of the brain

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eog

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detects amplifies and records electrical activity of the eye muscles

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emg

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detects amplifies and records the electrical activity of the muscles

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ecg

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detects amplifies and records the electrical activity of the heart

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sleep

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a regular occurring asc which is generally naturally induced and is characterised by loss of cconscious awareness

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atonia

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loss of muscle tone (muscle paralysis)

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hypnogogic

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the transition phase into sleep

generally between alpha and beta waves

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four features of consciousness acronym

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Personal

Selective

Continuous

Changing

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sleep wake cycle shift in adolescences

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hormonally induced (melatonine) shift of the body clock forward by 1-2 hours making adolescences sleepy 1-2 hours later

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sleep deprivation

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total- no sleep at all

partial - less than what an individual usually gets

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sleep debt

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when the body misses out on sleep the time accumulates which eventually has to be made up for

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microsleep

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very short period of drowsiness or sleeping the individual cannot recall that occurs while the person is awake

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purpose of sleep theory

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restorative- allows the body to replenish the stores of energy depleted during the day

survival- sleep evolved to enhance survival by protecting the organism by making it inactive through the most dangerous part of the day when its most dangerous to move around

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NREM

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approximately 80% of sleep, time when body recovers, tissue repair, removing waste products, four stages, adults 70-90 minutes

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REM

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rapid eye movement, where most dreams occur & vivid, rem occurs more often and for longer periods each sleep cycle, beta waves, atonia, mental repair (consolidation for memory, strengthening neural connections)

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NREM stage 1

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drifting into and out of true sleep state, decrease in alpha waves, increase with theta

hypnic jerks occur, if woken from may not think that sleep has occurred

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hypnic jerk

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as a result of our muscles relaxing sometimes part of our body will spasm

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NREM stage 2

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light stage of sleep, mainly theta waves, sleep spindles occur (brief bursts of higher frequency brain wave activity), k complexes occur (bursts of low frequency, high amplitude), brain still responds to various external and internal stimuli

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NREM stage 3

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start of the deepest period of sleep, people are difficult to arouse, if woken groggy and disorientated, delta waves begin to appear (20-50%), as night progresses less time is spent in this stage

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slow wave sleep

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presence of delta waves (stage 3 and 4)

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NREM stage 4

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delta waves dominate 50%, deepest stage of sleep, muscles completely relaxed, as night progresses less time is spent in this stage

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physiological signs of sleep progressing

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heart rate drops, blood pressure drops, body temp drops and breathing rate slow and steady while muscles gradually relax

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sleep patterns over the lifespan

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from birth onward the amount of time spent sleeping gradually decreases as does the time spent in REM sleep

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newborn infant

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16 hours a day, 50%rem

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end of infancy

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12-13 hours, 25-30% rem

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end of childhood onset of adolescence

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9 hours, 20% rem

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late adulthood

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6-7 hours, one third rem

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elderely

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nrem sleep is mostly stage 2 shallow sleep