PSYC 1100 Week 8 – Consciousness

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A comprehensive set of vocabulary flashcards summarizing key terms from the lecture on consciousness, sleep, dreams, psychoactive drugs, and hypnosis.

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Consciousness

A person’s subjective experience of the world and the mind.

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Phenomenology

The study of how things seem to the conscious person.

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Problem of Other Minds

The fundamental difficulty in perceiving the consciousness of others.

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Philosophical Zombie

A hypothetical being that behaves like a conscious person but lacks subjective experience.

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Agency (in mind perception)

Judged capacity for self-control, planning, thought, and memory.

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Capacity for Experience

Judged ability to feel sensations such as pain, pleasure, or hunger.

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Mind-Body Problem

The issue of how the mind and the physical brain interact.

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Dualism

The philosophical view that mind and body are distinct entities (Descartes).

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Intentionality

Property of consciousness being directed toward an object or focus.

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Unity

Ability of consciousness to integrate information into a coherent whole.

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Selectivity

Capacity to include some objects and exclude others from awareness.

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Transience

The tendency of consciousness to change or drift over time.

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Minimal Consciousness

Low-level sensory awareness and responsiveness that can occur during sleep.

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Full Consciousness

Awareness in which one can report on one’s mental state.

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Self-Consciousness

Attention drawn to the self as an object (e.g., embarrassment, self-reflection).

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Mirror Self-Recognition (Rouge) Task

Experimental test for self-consciousness using a mark on the face and a mirror.

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Coma

State in which a patient is unresponsive, eyes closed, and shows no wakefulness.

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Vegetative State

Condition with wake-sleep cycles but no reliable awareness of self or surroundings.

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Locked-In Syndrome

Full awareness but near-total paralysis; not a disorder of consciousness.

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Experience Sampling / EMA

Method of prompting people to report their conscious experiences in real time.

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Daydreaming

Seemingly purposeless flow of thoughts while awake; linked to default network.

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Default Network

Brain regions active when thinking about self, past, or future and during rest.

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Mental Control

Attempt to change or regulate one’s conscious state of mind.

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Thought Suppression

Conscious effort to avoid a particular thought.

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Rebound Effect (of Thought Suppression)

Suppressed thoughts return with greater frequency once suppression ends.

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Ironic Processes of Mental Control

Monitoring for errors can itself cause the unwanted thought or action.

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Dynamic Unconscious

Freud’s concept of hidden memories and instincts kept from awareness.

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Repression

Mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts from consciousness.

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Freudian Slip

Speech or action error thought to reveal the unconscious.

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Cognitive Unconscious

Modern term for mental processes that occur without conscious awareness.

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Dual Process Theories

Models proposing fast, automatic System 1 and slow, effortful System 2 processing.

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System 1

Fast, automatic, unconscious information processing system.

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System 2

Slow, effortful, conscious information processing system.

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Altered State of Consciousness

Experience that markedly differs from normal wakeful awareness.

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Hypnagogic State

Drifting, pre-sleep consciousness with wandering images and thoughts.

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Hypnic Jerk

Sudden body twitch or falling sensation when drifting into sleep.

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Circadian Rhythm

Naturally occurring roughly 24-hour sleep–wake cycle.

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Stage 1 Sleep

Light sleep with theta waves; easy to wake.

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Stage 2 Sleep

Sleep stage with sleep spindles and K-complexes; harder to wake.

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Stage 3 Sleep

Beginning of slow-wave sleep marked by delta waves.

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Stage 4 Sleep

Deep slow-wave sleep dominated by delta waves.

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REM Sleep

Rapid eye-movement stage with vivid dreams, high brain activity, and muscle atonia.

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Insomnia

Chronic difficulty falling or staying asleep.

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Sleep Apnea

Sleep disorder in which breathing stops briefly and repeatedly.

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Sleepwalking

Motor activity during non-REM sleep, most common in children.

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Narcolepsy

Disorder with sudden REM sleep attacks during wakefulness.

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Sleep Paralysis

Temporary inability to move when waking from REM sleep.

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Night Terrors

Abrupt awakening with panic, usually early in the night and without dream recall.

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Manifest Content

The apparent storyline of a dream (Freud).

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Latent Content

The hidden, true meaning of a dream (Freud).

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Action-Synthesis Model

Theory that dreams result from the brain’s attempt to make sense of random neural activity.

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Lucid Dreaming

Dream state in which the dreamer is aware of dreaming and may exert control.

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Psychoactive Drug

Substance that alters brain function and affects consciousness or behavior.

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Drug Tolerance

Need for larger doses to achieve the same effect over time.

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Physical Dependence

Use of a drug to avoid withdrawal symptoms.

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Psychological Dependence

Compulsive drug use driven by emotional or mental need.

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Depressants

Drugs that reduce CNS activity, producing calming effects (e.g., alcohol).

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Expectancy Theory

Idea that alcohol effects are partly produced by people’s expectations.

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Alcohol Myopia

Alcohol-induced narrowing of attention leading to simplified responses.

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Stimulants

Substances that excite the CNS and increase arousal (e.g., cocaine, ecstasy).

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Narcotics (Opiates)

Highly addictive pain-relieving drugs derived from opium (e.g., heroin).

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Hallucinogens

Drugs that alter perception and can cause sensory distortions (e.g., LSD).

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Hypnosis

Social interaction involving suggestions that alter a person’s subjective experience.

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Posthypnotic Amnesia

Inability to recall information following a hypnotic suggestion to forget.

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Hypnotic Analgesia

Pain reduction achieved through hypnosis in susceptible individuals.