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| Awareness of your thoughts, sensations, memories, and the external environment (what you are attending to) |
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| The simultaneous processing of information both consciously and unconsciously. |
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| example of dual processing |
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| Driving yet you are still able to sing along with a song playing |
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| The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus |
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| what is the cocktail party effect |
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| The ability to hear your name even though you are attending to another voice. So although we are in a loud and active conversation but the minute you quietly hear your name your looking around for that. |
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| what is selective inattention |
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| When your focus is directed somewhere, you fail to recognize visible objects |
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| whats an example of selective inattention |
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| The people throwing things and we counted the passes and did not notice the lady walk across the screen |
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| failing to notice change in the environment |
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| A period and natural behavior that consists of an altered state of consciousness. |
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| the biological clock we have called a circadian rhythm |
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| what does sunlight have to do with sleep |
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Light sensitive proteins in the hypothalamus that triggers the brain to suppress a hormone called melatonin to promote wakefulness
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release the hormone Melatonin to promote restfulness.
More melatonin more sleep less melatonin less sleep |
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| what is a free running condition? |
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I f you were deprived of all environment cues, like sunlight/darkness, clocks, and schedules?
Our internal clocks drift to a 24.2 hour system |
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| what are the stages of sleep?? |
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1. Stage 1 Sleep
2. Stage 2 Sleep
3. Stage 3 Sleep
4. Stage 4 Sleep
5. REM Sleep (Rapid Eye Movement) |
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| what are the waves in the first stage of sleep |
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| theta waves that are a slow regular wave |
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| an involuntary spasm that can jolt you awake |
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| during stage 2 what waves are present |
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| the theta waves plus spindles that are sudden increases in wave frequencies |
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| stages 3 and 4 are characterized by what waves |
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| delta waves the slowest and highest amplitude brain waves during sleep |
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| what is our deepest sleep |
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| what are the waves during rem sleep |
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| fast waves similar to those of relaxed wakefulness |
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| what are the general effects of sleep deprivation |
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| You'll be easily distracted, your decision-making ability will be impaired, your memory will move slowly, and you'll have to double-check everything you do to avoid errors. In short, it will be twice as much work to do what you normally do with ease, and your body suffers correspondingly. (and rem non rem rebound) |
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| what is the rem/non-rem rebound |
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| REM rebound is the lengthening and increasing frequency and depth of rapid eye movement (REM) sleep which occurs after periods of sleep deprivation. |
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| what is the restoration and repair theory? |
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| the function of sleep is to repair and restore the brain and body. If this did not happen, then the functioning of the brain and body would gradually break down |
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| whats the protection theory of sleep |
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| that sleep serves an adaptive function. It protects the person during that portion of the 24-hour day in which being awake, and hence roaming around, would place the individual at greatest risk. |
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| what is the memory theory of sleep |
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| sleep helps to stabilize and enhance our memory |
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| the growth theory of sleep says |
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| sleep may help us to grow and during growth the pituitary gland releases growth hormones |
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| disruption of the sleep function |
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any difficulties related to sleeping, i
ncluding difficulty falling or staying asleep,
falling asleep at inappropriate times,
excessive total sleep time,
or abnormal behaviors associated with sleep |
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| primary disorders of initiating or maintaining sleep or of excessive sleepiness and are characterized by a disturbance in the amount, quality, or timing of sleep. |
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hypersomnia,
narcolepsy,
periodic limb movement disorder,
restless legs syndrome,
sleep apnea,
sleep state misperception. |
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| disruptive sleep-related disorders that can occur during arousals from rapid eye movement (REM) sleep or arousals from non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep. |
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| what are some parasomnias |
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| nightmares night terrors or sleep walking |
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| freudian wish fulfillment is when |
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| dreams allow us to express otherwise unacceptable feelings |
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| information processing theory is when |
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| dreams help to sort out the days events and consolidate our memories |
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| physiological function theory |
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| Dreams may provide the sleeping brain with periodic stimulation to rem sleep |
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| neural activation theory is |
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| REM sleep triggers neural activity that evokes sensations and memories, which our sleeping brain weaves into stories. |
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| elements present in dreams |
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dreams concern failure, being
contain some sort of sensory info from sleeping environment
dreams remembered have negative emotional content |
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| A cooperative interaction in which the hypnotized person responds to the suggestions of a hypnotist – suggestions usually result in changes in perception, memory, and behavior. |
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| The experience of hypnosis can vary dramatically from one person to another. Some hypnotized individuals report feeling a sense of detachment or extreme relaxation during the hypnotic state, while others even feel that their actions seem to occur outside of their conscious volition. Other individuals may remain fully aware and able to carry out conversations while under hypnosis. |
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| what did earnest hilgard propose |
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| neodissociation theory of hypnosis. According to Hilgard, people in a hypnotic state experience a split consciousness in which there are two different streams of mental activity. |
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| a researcher who demonstrated how hypnosis can be used to dramatically alter perceptions. After instructing a hypnotized individual to not feel pain in his or her arm, the participant's arm was then placed in ice water |
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| What is a post hypnotic suggestion |
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| Suggestion made during hypnosis that a person follows ou after the hypnotic session. |
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| whats posthypnotic amnesia |
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| A participants inability to remember information or events that occurred before or during hypnosis. |
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