Psych Ch.5 Conciousness

Minimal Consciousness

A low level kind of sensory awareness+responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensation and may output behavior

Full consciousness

You know and are able to report your mental state. Have experience+know your having it.

Self-consciousness

distinct level of consciousness in which the person’s attention is drawn to the self as an object 

Daydreaming

state of consciousness with flow of thoughts

Mental control

The attempt to change conscious states of mind

Thought supression

Conscious avoidance of thought

Rebound effect of thought supression

the tendency of a thought to return to consciousness with greater frequency following supression

Ironic processes of mental control

ironic errors occur because the mental process that monitors errors can itself produce them

Dynamic cpmsciousness

an active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories, the person’s deepest instincts and desire, and the person's inner struggle to control these forces.

Repression

A mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts +memories from consciousness and keeps them in the unconsciousness

Dual Process theories

Suggests we have two different system for processing information: 1 &2

System 1

fast, automatic, unconscious processing

• repetitive, simple, tasks

• daily life

System 2

Slow, effortful, conscious processing

• rational thinking, complex tasks,

• serious mental effort

5 Stages of Sleep+ waves

AWAKE- Beta

DROWSY, RELAXED- Alpha

STAGE 1 SLEEP- Theta

STAGE 2- Sleep spindles, k complex

STAGE 3/4- Delta

REM- Sawtooth waves

Insomnia

Sleep disorder, difficulty falling/staying asleep

Sleep Apnea

Person stops breathing for brief periods of time during sleep

Sonambulism

When a person arises and walks around while sleeping

Narcolepsy

Sudden sleep attacks occur in the middle of waking activities

Sleep paralysis

Waking up unable to move

Night terrors

Abrupt awakenings with panic and intense emotional arousal. Typically children

Manifest Content

• one of Freuds dream theories

• idea that the apparent topic of dream represented persons wishes

Latent content

A dream’s true underlying meaning. Freud dream theory

Activation Synthesis Model

The theory that dreams are produced when the brain tires to make sense of random neural activity that occurs during sleep.

Psychoactive drugs

chemicals that influence consciousness of behavior by altering the brain’s chemical message system