Understanding Consciousness and Sleep: From Neurotransmitters to Hypnosis, Quizzes of Developmental Psychology

Download Understanding Consciousness and Sleep: From Neurotransmitters to Hypnosis and more Quizzes Developmental Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Consciousness DEFINITION 1 Awareness of self and EnvironmentOperational Definition of Consciousness:1. Wakefulness2. Alertness3. Awareness TERM 2 Notion of Consciousness DEFINITION 2 Developed by Sigmund Freud TERM 3 Cognitive Approach DEFINITION 3 Consciousness in terms of INFORMATION PROCESSINGConsciousness is reflected in:1. Controlled Processing2. Attention TERM 4 Controlled Processing DEFINITION 4 Processes that are under VoluntaryControl(i.e. WITH conscious thought) TERM 5 Automatic Processing DEFINITION 5 Processes that occur automatically(i.e. WITHOUT conscious thought) TERM 6 Stroop Task DEFINITION 6 When automatic processes interfere with controlled processes TERM 7 Selective Attention DEFINITION 7 Selectively concentrating on one thing while ignoring all othersAttended Stimuli: Consciously ProcessedUnAttended Stimuli: Unconsciously Processed TERM 8 Overt Attention DEFINITION 8 Attending to something by directly looking/toucing/hearing it TERM 9 Covert Attention DEFINITION 9 Mentally Focusing on an attended stimulus WITHOUT directly orientating towards it TERM 10 Divided Attention DEFINITION 10 The ability to attend to more than one task at onceIf one or more tasks is AUTOMATIC(i.e. does require conscious processing), then you can divide attention between tasks TERM 21 Hallucinogens DEFINITION 21 Increases nervous system activityLSD (Acid)MushroomsDecreases seritonin activity TERM 22 Marijuana DEFINITION 22 Increases nervous system activity TERM 23 Nicotine DEFINITION 23 Increases nervous system activityTobaccoIncreases acetylcholine activity TERM 24 Caffeine DEFINITION 24 Increases nervous system activityCoffeeCola TERM 25 Drug Addiction DEFINITION 25 The compulsive use of psychoactive drugsBiological Roots:Nucleus Accumbens "Reward centre" TERM 26 Cultural Roots of Drug Addiction DEFINITION 26 The "Threshold" for addiction varies across cultures TERM 27 Tolerance DEFINITION 27 Decreased responsitivity to drugs TERM 28 Compensatory Mechanisms DEFINITION 28 Autonomic reactions that are OPPOSITE to drug effects generated to counteract physiological drug effects TERM 29 Withdrawal DEFINITION 29 After tolerance has developed, the physiological effects of compensatory mechanisms in the ABSENCE of the drug TERM 30 Sleep DEFINITION 30 A readily reversablestate of reduced consciousnessDepending on our age, we sleep - 1/3 to 1/2 of the dayUniversal amongst higher vertebrates TERM 31 Restoration Model DEFINITION 31 Sleep allows our body to "restore" itself, and to recover from physical/mental fatigue"Biochemical Housekeeping" TERM 32 Evolutionary Model DEFINITION 32 Sleep is a function that increases a species' chance of survivial"Keep out of trouble" TERM 33 Memory Consolidation DEFINITION 33 Strengthens neural connections for new information"Sleeping on a problem" TERM 34 Stages of Sleep DEFINITION 34 Sleep is Characterized by Electrical ActivityAwake and AlertBeta Waves = 15-30HZAwake and DrowsyAlpha Waves = 8-12HZ TERM 35 Non-REM Sleep DEFINITION 35 1. Light Sleep (Transitional)2. Deeper Sleep3. Deeper Again4. Deepest Sleep