AP Psychology Chapter 3 Flashcards

8676134796	Conciousness	Our awareness of ourselves and our environment	0
8676134797	Cognitive neuroscience	The interdisciplinary Study of the brain activity linked with cognition	1
8676134798	Dual processing	The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks	2
8676134799	Selective attention	The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus Ex. Listening	3
8676134800	Inattentional blindness	Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere Ex. When driving if you're focused on the road fail to see surroundings	4
8676134801	Change blindness	Failing to notice changes in the environment Ex. New trees	5
8676134802	Circadian rhythm	The biological clock; regular bodily rhythms occurring on a 24 hour cycle	6
8676134803	REM sleep	Rapid eye movement sleep, a reoccurring sleep stage during which vivid dreams commonly occur aka paradoxical sleep because the muscles are relaxed but other body systems are active Ex. That time when i was 7 and really sick and mom videotaped my eyes moving when i slept	7
8676134804	Alpha waves	The relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed awake state	8
8676134805	Sleep	Periodical natural reversible loss of consciousness as distinct from unconsciousness resulting in a coma general anesthesia or hibernation Ex. Bear	9
8676134806	Hallucinations	False sensory experiences such as seeing something in the absence of an external visual stimulus Ex. When i had my concussion @ soccer tournament @ disney and thought i was hallucinating Donald Duck	10
8676134807	Delta waves	The large slow brain waves associated with deep sleep	11
8676134808	Insomnia	The recurring problems in falling or staying asleep Ex. Josh	12
8676134809	Narcolepsy	A sleep disorder characterized by uncontrollable sleep attacks Ex. The one poem we read in English about this dudes son who was narcoleptic	13
8676134810	Sleep apnea	A sleep disorder characterized by temporary cessations of breathing during sleep and repeated momentary awakenings Ex. Uncle jim	14
8676134811	Night terrors	A sleep disorder characterized by high arousal and an appearance of being terrified unlike nightmares they occur in stage 4 sleep, seldom remembered Ex. Mom	15
8676134812	Dream	A sequence of images emotions and thoughts passing through a sleeping persons mind Ex. The shark boy and lava girl dream song	16
8676134813	Manifest content	According to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream Ex. The dream i always had about me flying w/ bear in the big blue house	17
8676134814	Latent content	According to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream Ex. Dreaming of a waterfall but actually you really have to pee	18
8676134815	REM rebound	The tendency for REM sleep to increase following REM sleep deprivation	19
8676134816	Hypnosis	A social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain perceptions feelings thoughts or behaviors will spontaneously occur Ex. Watch swinging back and forth	20
8676134817	Posthypnotic suggestion	A suggestion made during a hypnosis session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors Ex. Stop smoking	21
8676134818	Dissociation	A split in consciousness which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others Ex. TV	22
8676134819	Psychoactive drug	A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods	23
8676134820	Tolerance	The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug requiring larger doses to experience the effect Ex. Taking 3 advil not 2	24
8676134821	Withdrawal	The discomfort and distress that follows discontinuing the use of an addictive drug Ex. When i dont have chick fil a for a week...	25
8676134822	Physical dependence	A psychological need for a drug marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued	26
8676134823	Psychological dependence	A psychological need to use a drug such as to relieve negative emotions Ex. :-) when you do drugs	27
8676134824	Addiction	Compulsive drug craving and use despite adverse consequences Ex. Netflix	28
8676134825	Depressants	Drugs that reduce neural activity and slow body functions Ex. Alcohol	29
8676134826	Barbiturates	Drugs that depress the activity of the central nervous system reducing anxiety but impairing memory and judgement Ex. Calm yet ???¿?	30
8676134827	Opiates	Opium and its derivatives such as morphine and heroin depress neural activity temporarily lessening pain and anxiety Ex.	31
8676134828	Stimulants	Drugs that excite neural activity and speed up body functions Ex. Ecstasy	32
8676134829	Amphetamines	Drugs that stimulate neural activity causing sped up body functions and associated energy and mood changes	33
8676134830	Ecstasy (MDMA)	Synthetic stimulant and mild hallucinogen producing euphoria and social intimacy but with short term health risks and long term harm to serotonin producing neurons	34
8676134831	Hallucinogens	Psychedelic drugs that distort perceptions and evoke sensory images in the absence of sensory input	35
8676134832	LSD	A powerful hallucinogenic drug aka acid	36
8676134833	THC	The major active ingredient in marijuana triggering mild hallucination	37
8676134834	Near-death experience	An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death similar to drug induced hallucinations Ex. Almost falling off a cliff	38
8676134835	Methamphetamine	A powerfully addictive drug that stimulates the CNS with sped up body functions and associated energy and mood changes, overtime baseline dopamine levels decrease Ex. Jail	39