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Pschology chp. 3
SI
Question | Answer |
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Hypnosis | A social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain thoughts or behaviors will spontaneously occur |
Dreams | A sequence of images, emotions, and thoughts passing through a sleeping person's mind. |
Reasons why we dream | Satisfy our own wishes, file away memories, develop and preserve neural pathways, reflect cognitive development |
Freud's reason for dreaming | Manifest content and latent content |
Posthypnotic suggestions | Made during a hypnosis session to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized |
Dissociation | A split in consciousness |
Psychoactive drugs | A chemical substance that alters perceptions and moods |
Tolerance | The diminishing effect with regular use of the same dose of a drug |
Withdrawal | The discomfort and distress that follow discontinuing the use of addictive drugs |
Physical dependence | Marked by unpleasant withdrawal symptoms when the drug is discontinued |
Psychological dependence | A need for a drug such as to relieve negative emotions |
Addiction | Compulsive drug craving and use |
Near-death experience | An altered state of consciousness reported after a close brush with death |
Consciousness | Our awareness of ourselves and our environment |
Dual Processing | The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks |
Our ability to attend to one voice among many | Cocktail party effect |
Being unaware of the sound of a ticking clock until you focus in on it is an example of what | Selective Attention |
Failing to notice a car while going over notes for psychology is an example of what | Inattentional Blindness |
While watching a movie you are unaware of the main character changing his outfit because you are focusing on the dialogue is an example of what | Change Blindness |