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Chapter 6,7,8, 11
Learning, sleep, motivation, and memory
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Psychology
Undergraduate 2
10/25/2011

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Consciousness
Definition
State of awareness
Term
Divided Consciousness
Definition
Hilgard
Consciousness is split to perform two different actions at the same time
Example: driving a car and thinking about records. You often dont remember the drive home
Term
Unconscious Mind
Definition
Part of the mind that can never be fully aware. Storehouse for the primitive motives, instincts, memories, and emotions
Term
Hypnagogic State
Definition
Lose control over body movements
Term
Myoclonia
Definition
brief seizure-like movements right before falling asleep
Term
Dreaming
Definition
Conscious awareness during sleep that primarily occurs during REM sleep
OFten the brain is more aroused then when it is awake
Term
REM
Definition
Rapid Eye Movement
Term
Circadian Rhythm
Definition
regulates the pattern of wakefullness and "internal clock"
Term
Daydreams
Definition
Conscious dreamlike states of wishful fantasizing
Term
Day Residue
Definition
dream content that is simialr to the events in a person's life when they are awake
Term
Manifest Content
Definition
Literal meaning of dreams according to Freud
Term
Latent Content
Definition
true meaning of dreams that are found in the symbols in their manifest content
Term
Nightmares
Definition
Bad dreams that occur during REM sleep
Term
Night Terrors
Definition
Upsetting nocturnal expeirences that occur in young children
Often they cant recall the actual dream but wake in panic or screaming
Term
Somnambulism
Definition
Sleep Walking
deepest part of not REM sleep
Person walks and carries on complicated activities
Term
Sleep Talking
Definition
can occur during any phase of the sleep cycle
Term
Insomnia
Definition
Unable to sleep
Generally caused by stress or diet
Term
Sleep- Onset Insomnia
Definition
Can not fall at the desired time but after falling asleep the sleep cycle is normal
Term
Early-Awakening Insomnia
Definition
Waking up several times through out the night or before the desired time. Falls back asleep
Term
Narcolepsy
Definition
Rare
Fall asleep at anytime
Often during times of stress or when becoming upset
Term
Sleep Apnea
Definition
interuption of breathing during sleep
Happens 100s times through the night for 20-30 seconds at a time
Term
Meditation
Definition
a way to obtain a more perfect state of Consciousness
Term
Mantras
Definition
religious words that are repeated during meditation to bring about calmness
Term
Transcendental State
Definition
alternate state of Consciousness
Term
Mindfulness
Definition
completely focusing the Consciousness on what is going on in the present
Term
Depersonalization
Definition
perceptual experience of someones body becoming distorted or unreal in some way
Term
General Sleep Deprivation
Definition
Lapse in Attention
inconsistent cognition
Fatigue
Withdrawal Socially
Term
Bruxism
Definition
teeth grinding that occurs during REM
Term
Enuresis
Definition
REM sleep
Such a deep sleep that sensations to urinate don't wake you
Term
Classical Conditioning
Definition
neutral stimulus followed by a stimulus to achieve an unconditioned response
PAVLOV
Term
Unconditioned Stimulus
Definition
stimulus that gets a response without the organism learning it
Term
Conditioned Stimulus
Definition
Stimulus that comes to an elected response as a result of being paired with ad unConditioned stimulus
Metronome in Pavlov's experiment - caused salivation after the food was taken away, the dog learned to anticipate it food accompanied with the metronome (association)
Term
Unconditioned Response
Definition
Unlearned, inborn reaction to an unconditioned response
Term
Conditioned Response
Definition
similar to or identical to the unconditioned response that comes to a conditioned response
Term
extinction
Definition
process of unlearning response because of the removal of the original source of learning
Term
Spontaneous Recovery
Definition
temporary increase in the strength of a conditioned response, which is likely to occur during the extinction after the passage of time

examples: Someone scared of the dentist. Scared one appt then the next trip a year later you remember your fear
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