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human consciousness
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our awareness of the world and ourselves
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the conscious part of our brain is in the _________.
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cerebral cortex
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normally we are aware of only a ______ portion of the world around us
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small
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at the end of the 19th century __________ _______ explained the conscious thoughts of subjects.
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wilhelm wundt
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_____ _____, an american psychologist, carried on the work of the German Psychologist.
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Edward Tichner
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The type of psychologist is known as ________.
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structuralism
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In the 1920's _______ _____ believed that consciousness was a scientific worthless process.
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john watson
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his brand of psychology became known as ________.
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functionalism
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______ ___________ thought of consciousness as essential to adapting to the environment.
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William James
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________ has limited capacity. it acts as a selective filter.
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Attention
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__________ reveal a unique feature of the mind in that it creates private realities.
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Daydreams
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Sleep helps us to ________ stimulation.
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reduce
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In 1937, an important discovery was made about sleep. it was found that the brain is far more _______ than previously thought.
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active
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a device to measure brain waves during sleep is called _____.
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EEG
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rapid eye movement is known as _______.
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REM
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during rapid eye movement which occurs every ____ min. the subject is usually _____.
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90;dreaming
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We typically have ___ or ___ dreams per night.
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4;5
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It was ______ ______ who put dreams on a unique psychological pedestal.
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Sigmund Freud
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He (the guy that put it on a pedestal) tried to unearth the symbolic representation of dreams. Dreams reveal unconscious _______ and _____ which often are _____.
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desires; fears; sexual
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Robert McCarley and Jay Hobson discovered the _____ ______ ______ which states that dreams begin with random bursts of electrical impulses.
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activation synthesis theory
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During the dream the part of the brain called the _____ sends electrical charges to the ______.
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pons; forebrain
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When we are first born, about ___ of the time is spent in dream sleep.
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1/2
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Dr. Steven LaBerge, of Stanford, says that the realtionships of _____ are the mind itself.
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dream
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____ _____ is a dream whereby you know that you are dreaming.
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Lucid dreaming
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Changing the direction of a dream is highly controversial but its purpose is to:
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face it which subconciously solve the problem
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