Terms and Definitions in Psychology: Consciousness, Perception, and Altered States, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Terms and Definitions in Psychology: Consciousness, Perception, and Altered States and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 consciousness DEFINITION 1 the person's subjective experience of the world and the mind TERM 2 cartesian theater DEFINITION 2 (after philosopher Rene Decartes) a mental screen or stage on which things appear to be presented for viewing by the mind's eye TERM 3 phenomenology DEFINITION 3 how things seem to the conscious person TERM 4 problem of other minds DEFINITION 4 the fundamental difficulty we have a perceiving the consciousness of the others TERM 5 mind/body problem DEFINITION 5 the issue of how the mind is related to the brain and body TERM 6 dichotic listening DEFINITION 6 a task in which people wearing headphones hear different messages presented to each ear TERM 7 cocktail party phenomenon DEFINITION 7 a phenomenon in which people tune in one message even while they filter out others nearby TERM 8 minimal consciousness DEFINITION 8 a low-level kind of sensory awareness and responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations and may output behavior TERM 9 full consciousness DEFINITION 9 consciousness in which you know and are able to report your mental state TERM 10 self-consciousness DEFINITION 10 a distinct level of consciousness in which the person's attention is drawn to the self as an object TERM 21 REM sleep DEFINITION 21 a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and a high level of brain activity TERM 22 electrooculograph (EOF) DEFINITION 22 an instrument that measures eye movements TERM 23 insomnia DEFINITION 23 difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep TERM 24 sleep apnea DEFINITION 24 a disorder in which the person stops breathing for brief periods while asleep TERM 25 somnambulism DEFINITION 25 (sleepwalking) occurs when the person arises and walks around while asleep TERM 26 narcolepsy DEFINITION 26 a disorder in which sudden sleep attacks occur in the middle of waking activities TERM 27 sleep paralysis DEFINITION 27 the experience of waking up unable to move TERM 28 night terrors DEFINITION 28 (or sleep terrors) abrupt awakenings with panic and intense emotional arousal TERM 29 manifest content DEFINITION 29 a dream's apparent topic or superficial meaning TERM 30 latent content DEFINITION 30 a dream's true underlying meaning TERM 31 activation-synthesis model DEFINITION 31 the theory that dreams are produced when the brain attempts to make sense of activations that occur randomly during sleep TERM 32 psychoactive drug DEFINITION 32 a chemical that influences consciousness or behavior by altering the brain's chemical message system TERM 33 drug tolerance DEFINITION 33 the tendency for larger doses of a drug to be required over time to achieve the same effect TERM 34 depressants DEFINITION 34 substances that reduce the activity of the central nervous system TERM 35 expectancy theory DEFINITION 35 the idea that alcohol effects can be produced by people's expectations of how alcohol will influence them in particular situations