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22 Cards in this Set
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What are the States of Consciousness?
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Awake
Daydreaming Hypnosis Sleep Meditation Psychoactive Drugs |
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What are Biological Rhythms?
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Cyclic changes in bodily processes.
Tied to pineal gland and melotonin |
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What are Circadian Rhythms?
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Cyclic changes in bodily process within a single day
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What is the best way to avoid the effects of jet-lag and swing shifts?
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Get on a regular schedule asap
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Automatic v Controlled Processing
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Automatic: attention may be minimal, "auto-pilot"
Controlled: must concentrate on our actions, it is hard to focus on other actions |
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What is Intuition?
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Thoughts that are outside our conscious awareness that we can't really put into words
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What happens during sleep?
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-babies learn about their bodies
-store new information/memories -brain replenishes energy stores -brain recuperates from stress of previous day -healing |
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How many stages of sleep are there? What is the final one?
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5 Stages
Final is REM (Rapid Eye Movement) -brain waves are similar to awake ones, occurs 90 min in, dreams |
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What are the functions of REM sleep?
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-learning
-consolidation of memories -elimination of unnecessary memories -reflect real life worries, hopes, desires |
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What are the effects of sleep deprivation?
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-not serious in the short term
---irritability, lapses in attention, hand tremors -physiological changes in long term ---good for manipulation |
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What are some sleep disorders?
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Somnambulism: sleep walking, NREM
Narcolepsy: sleep when should be awake REM Cataplexy: fall down while asleep REM Night Terrors: little boys NREM Apnea: can't sleep and breathe NREM Insomnia: 40%of adults |
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The truth about dreams
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-everybody dreams
-run on real-time -most occur during REM -don't tell future -of absent-minded transgressions related to success in breaking bad habits |
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What is the Psychodynamic view of dreaming?
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Dreams express unconscious impulses
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What is the Physiological view of dreaming?
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Random brain activity is expressed as dreams
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What is the Cognitive View of dreaming?
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sleeping involves the inhibition of sensory input to the brain
absence of input=>dreams |
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What is Hypnosis?
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interaction between two people in which one induces changes in the behavior, feeling, or cognitions of the other
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Why does Hypnosis work?
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-Generalized reality orientation fading: tune out external reality
-trance state with trance logic -susceptible people |
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What is the Social-Cognitive or Role Playing view of hypnosis?
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hypnosis is the result of expectations about their social role as a "hypnotized subject."
People do as they believe they should |
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What is the Neodissociation Theory of hypnosis?
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The consciousness is divided between the executive function and the monitoring function
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What is the Dissociated Control Theory of hypnosis?
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Hypnosis weakens control over the cognitive and behavioral subsystems, so the hypnotist has control
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The truth about hypnosis
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-subjects are aware
-subjects won't violate moral standards -subjects aren't stronger -not everyone can be hypnotized |
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How does Medical Hypnosis work?
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-It's like a plecebo.
-used for pain control and anxiety where concentration on something else is beneficial -only works on those who believe |
