Brain Activities during REM Sleep and Hypnosis: Dreaming, Hypnosis, and Psychic Phenomena, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Brain Activities during REM Sleep and Hypnosis: Dreaming, Hypnosis, and Psychic Phenomena and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 areas in the brain are activated during REM sleep, activating hippocampus amygdala etc brain takes this activity and tries to understand it and create meaning out of it=dreaming- -because the signals would be random--the interpretations (dreams) are bizarre DEFINITION 1 Hypnosis TERM 2 temporary heightened state of suggestibility when people will follow instructions given to them -trance-like-state people vary in their hypnotizability DEFINITION 2 Posthypnotic suggestion TERM 3 people perform behaviors suggested during the session, after the session DEFINITION 3 posthypnotic amnesia TERM 4 loss of conscious memory for the original session DEFINITION 4 hypnosis seems to be effective in.. TERM 5 pain control DEFINITION 5 dissociation TERM 6 at low levels, neural signals for pain are operating, but blocked off from higher-levels of consciousness DEFINITION 6 "hidden observer" study and automatic writing evidence TERM 7 the brain is still receiving info though you are not consciously aware of what is going on- receives senses DEFINITION 7 hypnosis remove memory? TERM 8 controversial -people can recover true memories but often recover false ones DEFINITION 8 PSI TERM 9 process of info or energy exchange not explainable in terms of known physical mechanisms DEFINITION 9 ESP TERM 10 response to external stimuli with no known physical contact -telepathy -clairvoyance - precognition DEFINITION 10 psychokinesis TERM 21 size constancy DEFINITION 21 tendency to see a familiar object as of the same size regardless of its distance TERM 22 this is explained by.. DEFINITION 22 size distance invariance principle TERM 23 size distance invariance principle DEFINITION 23 as object moves closer=retinal size inc. (eyes widen) and apparent distance dec. (it gets bigger, closer) TERM 24 perceived size= DEFINITION 24 retinal size (image size on retina) X apparent distance (how far away the object seems to be) TERM 25 retinal size of thumb.. DEFINITION 25 =retinal size of rectangle TERM 26 apparent distance of thumb.. DEFINITION 26 < apparent distance of rectangle TERM 27 perceived distance of rectangle> DEFINITION 27 perceived size of thumb TERM 28 Muller-Lyer Illusion DEFINITION 28 retinal size of the line segments is the same apparent distance (how far away) of B > A perceived size of B > perceived size of A TERM 29 Ponzo Illusion DEFINITION 29 retinal size of A = retinal size of B apparent distance of B > apparent distance of A therefore, B seems longer (pyramid with 2 levels) TERM 30 Ames Trapezoidal Room DEFINITION 30 with the guy and the girl--B then A--B has a larger retinal size than A (because its closer) apparent distance of A=apparent distance of B therefore, we perceive B as larger than A teddy bear illusion too TERM 31 rotating trapezoid DEFINITION 31 actual object: rotating trapezoid perceived object: oscillating rectangle A--B (longer) even when side B is farther away, its retinal size is still longer than A we "think" and want to believe its a rectangle, so B always seems closer the object seems to be oscillating TERM 32 A and B=same retinal size but A appears closer. which is perceived as larger?? DEFINITION 32 B TERM 33 Ambiguous Figures and depth cues DEFINITION 33 depth cues are insufficient example: dancer/lady rotating (but which way?) and cube TERM 34 impossible figures DEFINITION 34 local cues to depth are acceptable globally impossible though TERM 35 depth perception..innate or learned? DEFINITION 35 the visual cliff experiments -sides were defined by textured even infant animals and humans avoided far (deep drop) side innately wired into the brain TERM 46 letter condition DEFINITION 46 ***D **** --> is the last letter a D or a K? TERM 47 *our mind has a limited capacity for processing info* ex? DEFINITION 47 the 2 students talking in class--couldnt hear what they were saying dichotic listening studies TERM 48 selective attention DEFINITION 48 used to bring some info into consciousness and block out the rest TERM 49 what enters consciousness of message we didn't quite hear? DEFINITION 49 we are aware of low-level physical characteristics-- >loudness, pitch almost no knowledge of high-level meanings--.language changes, etc TERM 50 Broadbents filter model DEFINITION 50 early sensory registration and conscious processing -the filters lower their gate to low-level characteristics -some things get through? carry on (loudness, pitch) -instead of being all or none, it weakens what doesn't quite past the test TERM 51 cocktail party effect DEFINITION 51 ex: hearing your name in a conversation so it grabs your attention TERM 52 Neisser experiment (selective attention) DEFINITION 52 told to count the passes made-you watch the 2 teams playing-do you notice the lady walk through with an umbrella? TERM 53 controlled processes DEFINITION 53 mental processes that require conscious awareness to perform (voluntary functions)-CAPACITY LIMITEDD! TERM 54 automatic processes DEFINITION 54 mental processes that dont require conscious awareness- happen in the brain-involuntary-capacity UNLIMITED driving example-you get 3 miles and think i dont remember driving that TERM 55 controlled and automatic process are studied as.. DEFINITION 55 visual TERM 56 search tasks DEFINITION 56 searching a picture for a target there are distractor items measure reaction time TERM 57 single feature search DEFINITION 57 easy! search for red letter in black and blue distractors TERM 58 conjunctive search DEFINITION 58 search for black X in blue X and black O distractors harder TERM 59 pop-out effect DEFINITION 59 happens with single-feature searches-object is automatically found-always a parallel search time-constant-doesnt change TERM 60 but in conjunctive searches serial search DEFINITION 60 the more distractors there are..longer the reaction time - cannot do research all at once now-one by one -slanted line, not straight across TERM 71 what if no Rem.. DEFINITION 71 they experience rem-rebound -suggests that REM has imp. function either psychologically or physiologically TERM 72 rem-rebound DEFINITION 72 lengthening and increasing frequency and depth of REM sleep which occurs after periods of sleep deprivation TERM 73 Freudian Theory DEFINITION 73 while sleeping, id ego or superego comes out disguised forms of wish fulfillment happen-expressed symbolically TERM 74 latent content DEFINITION 74 true unconscious wishes TERM 75 manifest content DEFINITION 75 events that make up storyline of a dream TERM 76 modern physiological theory of dreaming DEFINITION 76 activation>>synthesis theory