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Unit 6: Consciousness
semester 1 final
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Psychology
12th Grade
01/18/2010

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materialism
Definition
mind and body are the same
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dualism
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mind and brain are different
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preconscious
Definition
not currently conscious but can easily be brought into consciousness
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nonconscious
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inaccessible to conscious awareness
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unconscious
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influences consciousness but is not conscious
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subconscious
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operating beneath consciousness
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priming
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people respond faster and more accurately to stimuli they've seen before even if they don't remember seeing it
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prosopagnosia
Definition
people can't recognize faces even their own, but they can recognize voices and objects
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hallucinations
Definition
perceptual experiences that occur in the absence of stimuli
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stage 3 and 4
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slow wave sleep, difficult to wake up
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stage 2 sleep
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REM sleep
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REM
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brain activity and other functions resemble the waking state but is accompanied by rapid eye movements and virtual muscle paralysis
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delta waves
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occurs in deep sleep, slow
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paradoxical sleep
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REM
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psychopharmacology
Definition
study of psychoactive drugs and their effects
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psychedelic drugs
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hallucinogens; loss of contact with reality, alter emotion,perception, thought
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amphetamines
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increase release and decrease removal of norepinephrine and dopamine; "speed"
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barbiturates
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"downer"; relaxation, well-being feelings, loss of muscle coordination, reduced attention
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opiates
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opium, morphine, heroin; sleep inducing and pain relieving
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