Psychology Chapter 4.5 and 5 Review – Flashcards
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Direct Inner Awareness
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you do not hear, see, smell, or touch thoughts, images, emotions, or memories you are still conscious of them being aware of things inside yourself.
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Post-hypnotic suggestion
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A therapist gives instructions during hypnosis that are to be carried out after the session has ended
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Circadian Rhythms
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biological clocks
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Second Hand Smoke
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The cigarette smoke exhaled by smokers Lung cancer, breathing problems, and other illnesses
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Beta
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Awake short and quick
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Alpha
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drowsy slower than beta
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Theta
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stage 1 slower than alpha
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Delta
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stages 3 and 4 slowest
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Sense of Self
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aware of ourselves and our existence
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Sleep Apnea
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Sleep Apnea is a breathing interruptions that occurs during sleep obesity and snorers high blood pressure, heart attacks, strokes
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Sleepwalking
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Occurs during deep sleep Children Immaturity
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Depressant
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slow the activity of the nervous system Relaxation Alcohol and narcotics such as barbiturates and opiates
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Withdrawl
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tremors, cramps, chills, rapid heartbeat, insomnia, vomiting, and diarrhea
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Narcotics
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addictive depressants that have been used to relieve pain and induce sleep opium Morphine Depression, impair judgment and memory drowsiness and stupor, loss of consciousness, coma and death
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Cocaine
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stimulant derived from the leaves of the coca plant, which grows in the tropics of South America Feelings of pleasure, reduces hunger, deadens pain, and boosts confidence Crack
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Morphine
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Narcotic Used during the Civil War
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Consturct
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Can't be seen, touched, or measured directly Intelligence, emotion, sleep, alcohol
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Five Altered States of Consciousness
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doze off, haven't missed a thing meditation biofeedback hypnosis drugs
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Sensory Awareness
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Conscious, or aware, of things outside yourself
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Stroboscopic Motion
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a visual illusion in which the perception of motion is generated by the rapid progression of images or objects that are not actually moving at all
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Figure-ground Perception
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What we perceive as the figure and what we perceive as the background
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Lucid Dreaming
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know you are dreaming and can control your dreams
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Preconscious
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ideas are not in your awareness now, but you could recall them if you had to
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detoxification
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The removal of the harmful substance from the body, weans addits from the drug while restoring their health
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Hallucinogen
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a drug that produces hallucinations
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Hallucination
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false images and realities
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Stimulants
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increases the activity of the nervous system. Speed up the heart and breathing rate Nicotine, amphetamines, methamphetamines, and cocaine
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night terrors
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more severe than, nightmares Heart racing, gasp for air, sit up, talk incoherently, and thrash about Deep sleep (stages 3 and 4), young children
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addiction
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that after a person takes that drug for a while, the body craves it just to feel normal
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nicotine
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a drug found in tobacco leaves, is one of the most common stimulants Cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco, chewed (chewing tobacco) Spurs the release of hormone adrenaline (heart rate increase), feel more alert and attentive, reduces appetite, raised the rate at which the body changes food to energy Die of lung cancer, heart disease, chronic lung and respiratory diseases, and other illnesses, miscarriage premature birth, and babies with birth defects
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marijuana
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produced from the leaves of the cannabis sativa plant, which grows wild in many parts of the world Feelings of relaxation and mild hallucinations Impairs perception and coordination, impairs memory and learning, causes anxiety and confusion, increase hear rate, raises blood pressure May think time is passing more slowly than usual, consciousness of bodily sensations such as a heartbeat, visual hallucinations, frightening experiences, lose their sense of self- their consciousness of who and where they are, some fear they will lose themselves forever, heart will "run away"
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LSD
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is a hallucinogen acid Intense hallucinations
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AA
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Alcoholics Anonymous Support Groups
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dreams
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It is during REM sleep that we have the most vivid dreams Rem- clear imagery and plots that make sense NREM- plots are vaguer and images more fleeting 10 min extensions of the day
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nightmares
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"actor's nightmare" involves being on stage with no idea what play is being performed, much less what any of the lines are generally occur in REM
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similarity
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the perceptual tendency to group together elements that seem alike
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common fate
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the tendency to perceive objects that are moving together as belonging together
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monocular
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cues for distance that need only one eye to be perceived
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symbols
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in dreams
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Franz Mesmer
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first to do hypnosis
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continuity
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the perceptual tendency to group stimuli into continuous patterns
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closure
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the tendency to perceive a complete or whole figure even when there are gaps in sensory information
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holistic view
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whole thing
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binocular
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visual cues for depth that require the use of both eyes
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William James
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James questioned the value of studying consciousness because he could not think of a scientific way to observe or measure another person's consciousness.
