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Psychology: Consciousness
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
10/04/2012

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Balanced Placebo design
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A study design in which behavior is observed following the presence or absence of an actual stimulus and also following the presence or absence of a placebo stimulus.
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Rebound Effect of Thought Suppression
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The tendency of a thought to return to consciousness with greater frequency following suppression
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Sleep Apnea
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Depressants
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Cognitive Unconscious
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The mental processess that give rise to the persons thought, choices, emotions, and behavior even though they are not experienced by the person
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Hypnosis
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An altered state of consciousness characterized by suggestibility and the feeling that ones actions are occuring involuntarily
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Mental Control
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The attempt to change conscious states of mind
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Self Consciousness
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A distinct level of consciousness in which the persons attention is drawn to the self as an object
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Dichotic Listening
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A task in which people wearing headphones hear different messages presented to each other
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Phenomenology
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How thigns seem to the conscious person
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Marijuana
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The leaves and buds of the hemp plant
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Electrooculograph
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An instrument that measures eye movements
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Sleep paralysis
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The experience of waking up an not being to move
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Latent content
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A dream true underlying meaning
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Circdian rhythm
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A naturally occuring 24hour cycle
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Altered states of consciousness
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Forms of experience taht depart from the normal subjective experiences of the world and mind
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Stimulants
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Substances that excite the central nervous system, heightening arousal and activity levels
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Hypnotic Analgesia
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The reduction of pain through hypnosis in people who are susceptible to hypnosis
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REM sleep
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A stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements and a high level of brain activity
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Narcotics or Opiates
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Highly addictive drugs derived from opium that relieve pain
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Dynamic Unconscious
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An active system encompassing a lifetime of hidden memories, the person�s deepest instincts and desires, and the person�s inner struggle to control these forces
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Mind/Body Problem
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The issue of how the mind is related to the brain and body
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Full Consciousness
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Consciousness in which you know and are able to report your mental state
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posthypnotic amnesia
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The failure to retrieve memories following hypnotic suggestions to forget
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Ironic Processes of Mental Control
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Mental processes that can produce ironic errors because monitoring for errors can itself produce them
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Subliminal Perception
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A thought or behavior that is influenced by stimuli that a person cannot consciously report perceiving
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Manifest content
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A dreams apparent topic or superficial meaning
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problem of other minds
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The fundamental difficulty we have in perceiving the consciousness of others
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expectancy theory
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The idea that alcohol effects can be produced by people�s expectations of how alcohol will influence them in particular situations
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minimal consciousness
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A low-level kind of sensory awareness and responsiveness that occurs when the mind inputs sensations and may output behavior
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drug tolerance
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The tendency for larger doses of a drug to be required over time to achieve the same effect
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thought suppression
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The conscious avoidance of a thought
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harm reduction approach
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A response to high-risk behaviors that focuses on reducing the harm such behaviors have on people�s lives
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insomnia
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Difficulty in falling asleep or staying asleep
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alcohol myopia
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A condition that results when alcohol hampers attention, leading people to respond in simple ways to complex situations
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psychoactive drug
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A chemical that influences consciousness or behavior by altering the brain�s chemical message system
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hallucinogens
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Drugs that alter sensation and perception and often cause visual and auditory hallucinations
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repression
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A mental process that removes unacceptable thoughts and memories from consciousness
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meditation
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The practice of intentional contemplation
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Intertexuality
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The quality of being directed toward an object.

 

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Unity
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Resistance to division. Ex when you try to attend to more than one thing at a time. You may wishfully think that you can study and watch tv simultaneously but you can'tcan't
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SelectivitySelectivity
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The capacity to include some objects but not others. Ex dichotic listening and cockatiel party phenomenon

 

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Transience
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Tendency to change ex the 3d square 
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