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what is short term memory? |
holds non-sensory information for only about a minute at a time |
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how many short term emory things can we remember at once? |
7 |
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what is consciousness |
subjective experience between world and mind |
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how things seem to the conscious person is what |
phenomenology |
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what are the four properties of consciousness |
intentionality - being directed towards an object unity - resistance to division selectivity - the capacity to include some objects, but not others Transience - the tendency to change |
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what are the levels of consciousness? |
minimal form - rolling over when sleeping full conscious - able to understand whats going on self consciousness - drawn to yourself |
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what is experience sampling? |
People are asked to report their conscious experience at particular times. |
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what is daydreaming? |
when you have a stream of purposeless thoughts come to mind. |
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what is mental control? |
trying to change your conscious state |
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thought suppression |
conscious avoidance of a thought |
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what is the problem with thought supression? |
rebound effect |
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what is the rebound effect? |
a tendency of a thought to return, after it has bee suppressed. pink bear white gorilla |
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what are the states of sleep? |
Hypnagogic state - pre sleep consciousness Hypnopompic state - entering post sleep consciousness |
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Hypnic Jerk? |
sudden feeling of falling |
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Circadian cycle |
naturally occurring 24 hour cycle. |
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Humans have how many hours of circadian cycle? |
25.1 |
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what are zeitgerbers |
environmental cues that reset the cycle each day |
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What was the first cue regarding the human sleep cycle? |
EEG |
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Awake: |
beta waves |
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Drowsy: |
alpha waves |
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stage 1 sleep: |
theta waves |
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stage 2 sleep: |
spindles and k complexes |
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Stage 3/4 sleep: |
delta waves: |
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what stage does sleep walking/talking occur in? |
stage 3 |
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REM sleep: |
random waves |
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memories deteriorates unless: |
sleep occurs |
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restoration: |
theory that sleep allows muscles and body to repair during |
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insomnia |
unable to fall asleep |
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People with insomnia often take sleeping pills, what is bad about this? |
the pills shorten the time of REM sleep |
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Sleep Apnea |
snoring |
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What age does sleep walking occur the most? |
11/12 |
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Sleep Paralysis |
not being able to move |
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Narcolepsy |
sudden sleep attacks |
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What are the 5 characteristics of dreams? |
1) intense emotion 2)illogical thought 3) meaningful sensation 4)uncritical acceptance 5) difficulty remembering |
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Day residue |
dreaming about things that happened in the day time |
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What stage(s) do night terrors and nightmares occur? |
3/4 |
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what is the difference between REM and non-REM dreams? |
non - minor experiences in compressed form, taking the past and how it might relate to the future, REM - higher emotional content, taking the past and applying it to future |
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what is REM dreaming associated with |
amygdala |
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Freudian? |
confusing content because dreams represent wishes |
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manifest content |
dreams apparent topic or superficial meaning |
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latent content |
true underlying meaning |
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activation synthesis model |
Dreams are produced when the mind attempts to make sense of random activity that occurs in the brain during sleep |
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when the brain starts dreaming |
Amygdala activates, motor cortex is activated but spinal neurons inhibit motor activation |
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dynamic unconsciousness |
an active encompressing a lifetime of hidden memories |
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freudian slips |
organism vs orgasm |
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Cognitvie unconscious
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processes that influence thoughts, choices, emotions, and behaviours not expected by the person |
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subliminal perception |
a thought or behaviour that is influenced by stimuli that a person cannot consciously report perceiving |
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hypnotic induction |
me at dry grad, bowing every time people clapped |
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Susceptibility |
thinking youre not gonna be hypnotized = wont be |
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fantasizers |
block out world stimuli |
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dissociaters |
come from childhood truama, know how to escape unpleasent events |
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what is hypnotherapy mostly used for? |
phobias, smoking, insomnia |
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Hypnotic analgesia |
relieving pain through hypnotizing |
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depressents ? |
substances that reduce the activity of the CNS |
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what does depressant drugs decrease? |
GABA |
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most common depressant is |
dranks |
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expectancy theory |
how you see people drink is how you see it booze in your life |
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grape juice experiment is an example of |
balanced placebo experiment |
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alchohol myopia |
leading people to respond in simple ways to complex questions (inlove with bestfriends partner) |
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Stimulants |
substances that excite the CNS |
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stimulants increase levels of what? |
dopamine, serotonin, and norephenphrine |
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Ecstasy increases |
serotonin and oxytonin |
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motivational toxicity |
describes a distribution of motivational hierarchy |
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motivational toxicity increases what and decreases what |
Increased motivational efficacy of drugs Decreased motivational efficacy of natural rewards |
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cocaine does what |
triple reuptake inhibitor, antagonist |
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narcotics or opiates |
- drugs delivered from opium that are capable of relieving painHeroin, morphine, methadone, codeine |
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Anandamide |
involved in regulation of mood, memory, appetite |
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good |
job |
