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| How our sensory receptors and nervous systems physically represent our external environment |
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| Mentally organizing and interpreting sensory information |
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| The point at which we detect a stimulus 50% of the time. |
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| Less then 50% of the time |
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| Diminishing sensitivity to an unchangin stimulus |
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The sense of body position and movement.
*including the sense of balance.
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What strikes our eyes (so that we can see)
**Hint** not color |
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| Physical energy to Sensation color |
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| What we transform into color |
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| Wave length is measured from |
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| Wave intensity is measured from |
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| Why are illusions misleading |
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| They play on the way we organize and interpret our sensations |
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- pressure
- warmth
- cold
- pain
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| list the 4 basic sensations |
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| List the position and motor sensors |
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| organizing the figure into a meaningful form |
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| Grouping near by figures together |
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| Grouping together figures that are the same |
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| Perceiving smooth continous lines and patterns rather then discontinous ones |
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| Filling in the gaps to create and complete a whole object |
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| Percieving spots, lines and patterns rather then discontinous ones. |
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| Perceiving an object as unchanging while the stimuli from it changes |
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| Mental predisposition to perceiving one thing and not another |
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Telepathy- mind to mind communication
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Clairvoyance- perceiving remote events
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Pre-recondition- perceiving future events
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| Internal Biological clock synchronized the 24 hour cycle of day and night |
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| List three reasons we must sleep |
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- Helps restore body tissue
- Aids in growth process
- Conserves energy for the tasks of the next day
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| List 4 sleeping disorders |
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- Insomnia- recurring problems falling or staying asleep
- Sleep Apnea- one intermittenly stops breathing during sleep
- Night terrors- One appears terrifyed and gives a blood curtling scream. Usually in children
- Narcolepsy- Period of overwhelming sleepiness, often at inappropriate times
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| We commonly day dream about: |
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- How to finish a task
- What to say to someone
- relish positive events
- Regret negative behaviors
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| Chemical that change perceptions and moods |
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| how many years of our life do we spend dreaming in REM? |
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| How much of a persons life is spent sleeping? |
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| List three charecteristics of REM (dreams) |
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Alternatives for Insomnia
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- Relax before bedtime
- avoid Caffeine
- avoid naps
- exercise regularly
- His Word Last Word (HLWL) read Gods word before you go to sleep
- Reassure yourself that losing sleep causes no harm
- Pray
- If nothing else works aim for less sleep
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| list the five physiological effects of Nicotine |
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- Arouses the Brain
- Increases Heart Rate and blood pressure
- At high levels relaxes muscles and triggers the release of endorphins
- Reduces circulation to extremities
- Suppresses appetite for Carbohydrates
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