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Psy101
Chapter 5
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Psychology
Undergraduate 4
03/01/2017

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Term
Awareness
Definition
of external events and internal sensations which occurs under condition of
Term
Arousal
Definition
ways that awareness is regulated alert v. relaxed/drowsy
Term
Higher-level Consciousness
Definition
controlled processing, executive function (planning, problem solving, Actively focus efforts toward a goal) requires attention
Term
Lower-Level Consciousness
Definition
Automatic processes (require little attention/conscious effort, do not interfere with other ongoing activities) daydreaming(wandering thoughts, fantasy, imagination, rumination, potentially useful reminding, sovling)
Term
Altered States of consciousness
Definition
drug states
fatigue, illness, trauma, deprivation
meditation, hypnosis
mental disorders
Term
-Subconscious Awareness
- Sleep and Dreams
-No Awareness
Definition
-incubation, parallel processing
- low levels of consciousness of outside world
-unconscious (censored) thought -Freud
- non-conscious processess
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