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Consciousness
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The persons subjective view of the world and the mind
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Cartesian Theater
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Rene Descartes - A mental screen or stage on which things appear to be presented for viewing in the minds
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Phenomenology
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How things seem to the conscious person
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Problem of other minds
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The fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others
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Seat of the Soul
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Descartes believed that consciousness might reside in the pineal gland located in the ventricles of the brain.
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Mind/body problem
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The issue of how the mind is related to the brain and body
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Belottos Dresden and close up
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Painting in which you see people on a bridge from far away but they are actually not complete, our consciousness fills in the shapes
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Cocktail party phenomenon
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A phenomenon in which people tune in one message even while they filter out others nearby
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Minimal consciousness
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A low-level kind of sensory awareness and responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations and may output behavior
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Full consciousness
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Consciousness in which you know and are able to report your mental state
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Sel-consciousness
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A distinct level of consciousness in which the person's attention is drawn to the self as an object
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Chimpanzee and the mirror
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Tried to rub off some red dye of his eye brow...shows that some animals are able to recognize themselves in mirrors. Evidence of self-consciousness
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Mental control
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The attempt to change conscious states of mind
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Thought suppression
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The conscious avoidance of a thought
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Rebound effect of thought suppression
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The tendency of a thought to return to consciousness with greater frequency following suppression
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Ironic processes of mental control
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Mental processes that can produce ironic errors because monitoring for errors can itself produce them
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Dynamic unconscious
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An active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories, the persons deepest instincts and desires and the persons inner struggle to control these forces
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Repression
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A mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness
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Cognitive unconsciousness
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The mental processes that give rise to the persons thoughts, emotions and behavior even though they are not experienced by the person
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Subliminal perception
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A thought or behavior that is influenced by stimuli that a person cannot consciously report perceiving
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Subliminal experiment
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College students took a survey on old people and begin to walk slower..this is an example unconscious influences that are not neccesarily sublbiminal messaging
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Transience
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Basic property of consciousness, the tendency to change
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Selectivity
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Basic property of consciousness, capacity to include some objects and not others
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Unity
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Basic property of consciousness, resistence to division. Having to do with doing 2 things at once
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Intentionality
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Basic property of consciousness, Quality of being directed toward an object.
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Altered state of consciousness
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Forms of experience that depart from the normal subjective experience of the world and the mind
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Circadian rhythm
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A naturally occuring 24-hour cycle.
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REM sleep
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A stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and high level of brain activity
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Beta waves
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High frequency activity during alertness and being awake
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Alpha waves
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Low frequency activity during relaxation
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Stage 1 of sleep
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Theta waves...lower than alpha waves
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Stage 2 of sleep
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Sleeper is more difficult to awake, sleep spindles K complexes
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Stage 3/Stage 4 sleep
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Delta waves, deepest stage of sleep...slow wave sleep
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Stage 5 of sleep
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REM sleep, has frequenct similar to beta waves suggesting that there is a lot of brain activity
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REM sleep 2
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during this shit..pulse quickens, blood pressure rises and there are telltale signs of sexual arousal.
Muscle movement is very still...people awakened during REM report dreams |
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Insomnia
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Difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep
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Sleep apnea
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A disorder in which the person stops breatjing for brief periods while asleep
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Somnambulism
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Sleepwalking, occurs when a person arises and walks around while asleep
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Narcolepsy
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A disorder in which sudden sleep attacks occur in the middle of waking activities
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Night terrors
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Abrupt awakenings with panis and intense emotional arousal
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Insomnia
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Difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep
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Sleep apnea
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A disorder in which the person stops breatjing for brief periods while asleep
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Somnambulism
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Sleepwalking, occurs when a person arises and walks around while asleep
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Narcolepsy
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A disorder in which sudden sleep attacks occur in the middle of waking activities
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Night terrors
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Abrupt awakenings with panis and intense emotional arousal
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Sleep paralysis
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The experience of waking up unable to move...related to narcolepsy and may occur with an experience on the chest
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5 major characteristics of dream consciousness that distinguish it from the waking state
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1. Emotion - either blliss, terror or love or awe.
2. Thought - IllogicalL continuities of time, place and person don't apply 3.Sensation - fully formed and meaningful 4. Uncritical acceptance - Images and events are perfectly normal although bizarre 5. Difficulty of remembering - cant remember dream when its over |
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Activation- synthesis model
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The theory that dreams are produced when the brain attempts to make sense of activation that occur randomly during sleep
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Psychoactive drug
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A chemical that influences consciousness or behavior by altering the brains chemical message system
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Expectancy theory
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The idea that alcohol effects can be produced by peoples expectations of how alcohol will influence them in particular situations
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Alcohol myopia
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A condition that results when alcohol hampers attention, leading people to respond in simple ways to complex situations
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Stimulants
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Substances that excite the central nervous system, heightening arousal and activity levels
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Narcotics or Opiates
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Highly addictive drug derived from Opium that relieve pain
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Endorphins or endogenous Opiates
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Neurotransmitters that have a similar structure to Opiates and that appear to play a role in how the brain copes internally with pain and stress
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Hallucinogens
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Drugs that alter sensation and perception and often cause visual and auditory hallucinations
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Marijuana
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The leaves and bud of the hemp plant...Produces intoxication that is mildly hallucinogenic.
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Benzodiazepines
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Class of depressants prescribed to treat anxiety
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Amphetamines
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Stimulant increases alertness and energy but can lead to insomnia aggression and paranoia. Also called speed
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Hypnosis
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An altered state of consciousness characterized by suggestibility and the feeling thats ones actions are occurring involuntarily
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Hypnotic Analgesia
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The reduction of pain through hypnosis in people who are susceptible to hypnosis
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Awful hypnosis candidate
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Person who loves to play sports
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One well established effect of hypnosis
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Reducing pain
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Listened to a tape, then told it played again (although it wasnt)..what brain area was activated during bother parts?
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Right anterior cingulate cortex
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Meditation
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The practice of intentional contemplation
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Meditation and ecstatic religious experience are always states of consciousness that occur ____
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Naturally
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Ecstatic religious experiences may have a basis in the same brain region associated with ____
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Epilepsy
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Drug tolerance
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The tendency for larger doses of a druh to be required over time to achieve the same effect
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Deprresents
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Substances that reduce the activity of the central nervous system. Alcohol is the "king of depressents"
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