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psychology exam #3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| what is consciousness | attention |
| Freud had the what method? | iceberg mental. conscious level, preconscious level, unconscious level. |
| Explicit | works faster, conscious |
| Implicit | works fast, unconscious |
| biological rhythms | 1- annual cycles (bears hibernating) 2- monthly cycles (liking a new food each month) 3- 24 hour cycles (circadian rhythms, seasonal affective disorder) |
| How long is a sleep cycle | 90 minutes |
| Beta waves | awake, alert, thinking |
| Alpha waves | relaxed, meditation, before going to sleep |
| Stage 1 | only there for a few minutes, theta waves, daydreaming |
| State 2 | 50% of the night in this stage, spindle and k-complex (good things, build memories, working outside information, sleep talking) |
| Stage 3 | delta waves, deep sleep. hypothalamus shuts off completely, body temp goes down. |
| Stage 4 | delta waves, deep sleep, dreaming. hypothalamus shuts off completely, body temp goes down. |
| sleep pattern | 1,2,3,4,4,3,2,1 |
| REM sleep | rapid eye movement, most important memories go into long term |
| Insomnia | difficulty falling/staying asleep |
| Sleep apnea | failure to breathe when sleeping |
| sleep bruxism | grinding or clenching teeth |
| RLS- restless leg syndrome | intense discomfort in legs |
| somnambulism | sleep walking |
| night terrors | sudden arousal from sleep with intense fear -nightmares- frightening dreams |
| narcolepsy | overpowering urge to fall asleep |
| eeg is used to measure what? | brain waves |
| to snooze or not to snooze | teaches you that is not the noise that wakes you |
| drugs... | mimic, replace, and destroy neurotransmitters. keep taking drugs the change becomes permanent |
| psychoactive drugs | any chemical substance that alters perceptions or mood |
| narcotics | heroin. morphine |
| sedatives/ depressants | alcohol |
| stimulants | nicotine |
| hallucinogens mess with perceptions | cannabis |
| tolerance | the amount of a drug it takes to get high. -more dopamine higher chances of getting addicted -drugs effect lessens with exposure |
| dopamine | changes the way we think |
| addiction | craving for a substance (often with continued use) despite it's adverse consequence (physical or physiological) |
| dependence | absence of drug leads to cravings and/or negative emotions -physical (fatigue) -psychological (cravings) |
| perspectives on motivation | 1- instinct theory 2- incentive theory (what's the reward) 3- drive theories |
| drive- reduction theory | homeostatic feeling, balance. putting it back in balance |
| need -> drive -> drive- reducing behaviors | drive- reduction theory |
| Arousal theory | optimal amount we want |
| hierarchy of motives | some motivations are higher than others |
| Maslow's hierarchy of needs | bottom to top physiological (food, water, sleep) safety (shelter, security) loving and belonging (friendship, family) esteem ( respect, self-esteem, status) self-actualization ( desire to be the most that one can be) |
| anorexia nervosa | serve fear/anxiety of being fat. refusal to maintain a healthy weight. starvation |
| bulimia nervosa | binge high amount of calories then urge to throw it back out, heart attacks |
| binge eating | binge high amounts of calories but don't throw it back out, emotions play ley in this, triggers |
| compulsive overeating | obese very overweight. don't eat foods with colors just shades of brown think about food all day long, except when eating |
| 7 universal emotion | disgust, anger, surprise, contempt, fear, sadness |
| 3 components of emotions | 1. physiological arousal (heart rate, sweaty hands, pupils get bigger) 2. expressive behaviors ( smiling, expressions) 3. conscious thoughts and feelings (whatever you're thinking at the time) |
| first theory of emotion | though it was just common sense |
| james-lange theory | physiological first then behavior |
| cannon-bard theory | can't tell which one comes first, it's too fast |
| two factory theory | who cares, not about which comes first it's about the label. label matters the most |
| misabbreviation of arousal | we miss label arousal |
| emotions can define cognition | feel good-do good phenomenon. happy people do stupid things |
| cognition can define emotion | spillover effects |
| emotions independent of cognition | facial feedback hypothesis. smiling at yourself in the mirror to be in a good mood the rest of the day |
| facial muscles | ex- smiling send signal to brain your happy |
| body posture | ex- sit up straight gives more confidence |
| head nodding | ex- shaking head -remembering things better |
| dress | ex- how you dress affects emotion. dress up-less anxiety- more confidence |
| verbal suggestion | speaking loud/quickly convinces yourself you know what you've talking about and others |
| psychopath | lack of remorse |
| two dimensions of emotion | -valence -(pleasant v.s unpleasant) -arousal (low v.s high) |
| fear | -social contagion- spread of affect (usually in crowds) -phobias- persistent & irrational fear of something (related to anxiety disorder) |
| anger | -catharsis- venting -often escalates -socially contagious (mobs, riots) -addictive |
| happiness | feel-good, do-good phenomenon |
| duration | -emotional forecasting errors-predicting our feelings |
| hedonic adaptation level | adjust neurons |
| relative deprivation | compare ourselves to similar other |
| predictors of happiness (not predictors of happiness) | -money -children -age -gender -physical attractiveness |
| predictors of happiness (good predictors of happiness) | -high self-esteem -optimism -close friendships -work -faith -sleep and exercise (health) |
| commonsense | have an emotion that causes physiological response |
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