Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

ch 4

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
show our awareness of various cognitive processes, such as sleeping, dreaming, concentrating, & making decisions. Describes alertness, awareness of various mental processes  
🗑
show includes all thoughts, feelings, & perceptions that occur when we are awake & reasonably alert. They’re usually action or plan-oriented & tuned into the external environment. Encompasses thoughts, feelings, & perceptions.  
🗑
show mental state that differs noticeably from normal waking consciousness. I’m detached from external environment. EX: sleep, daydreaming, & dreaming occur routinely even spontaneously. Mind-altering drugs such as alcohol, medication, & hypnosis.  
🗑
What is stream of consciousness revisited?   show
🗑
show that the consciousness is a mental representation & activity that lie below the surface( Sigmund Freud), many contemporary psychs. Rejects idea that people are driven by unconscious urges. uses words as "NONCONSCIOUSNESS" to describe sensations/perception  
🗑
show many psychs view consciousness as highly adaptive(pinker 1997), that human survival depends upon my ability to get along with the group.  
🗑
show shifts in attention away from here-& now into private world of make believe. Surges every 90min/peaks from 12-2pm, average person daydreams half of working hours. dreams are variations on a central theme: thoughts & images of unfulfilled goals & wishes  
🗑
What is sleep?   show
🗑
What are Circadian Cycles?   show
🗑
show ancient & fundamental adaptation to the 24 hr solar cycle of light & dark in humans, other animals, plants, & even one celled organisms.  
🗑
show an innate mechanism that controls the physiological activities of an organism that change on a regular cycle.  
🗑
What is the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus?   show
🗑
What is Desynchronization?   show
🗑
show “ going to sleep” means losing awareness & failing to respond to stimulus that would produce a response in the waking state  
🗑
show in stage 3 or 4 of NREM sleep,scary dreams that occur, person is hard to awaken & they don’t remember the content in the morning. People usually can’t be awakened, & they will push anyone trying to comfort them, Occurs more often if the person is tired.  
🗑
What are nightmares?   show
🗑
What do nightmares & night terrors have in common?   show
🗑
show as many as 35 million Americans, cant fall/remain asleep. happens out of stressful events/only temporary. Treatments can cause problems . Ex: presc meds can cause anxiety, no memory, hallucinate violence. Causes of insomnia: psych disorders such as depre  
🗑
What is Apnea?   show
🗑
show sleep disorder,by sudden nodding off durin the day & sudden loss of muscle tone follow moments of emotional excit: Ex: joke, anger, sexual all bring on the muscle paralysis. Associated with deep sleep, arises from a defect in the central nervous system.  
🗑
What are some random sleep facts?   show
🗑
What are dreams?   show
🗑
How many dreams does the average person have?   show
🗑
What % of dreams occur in NREM that represent normal waking consciousness?   show
🗑
What doesn't initiate dreams?   show
🗑
How long do dreams last?   show
🗑
show have brief dreams that involve animals, but images are usually unrelated to each other & there is hardly any emotion, narrative, or story line.  
🗑
What types of dreams do children 7-9 have?   show
🗑
show dreams are more adult like, narratives w/story lines, other people play important roles, & there are many verbal exchanges as well as motor activity.  
🗑
More on Sigmund freud (1900)regarding dreams   show
🗑
What are psychoactive drugs?   show
🗑
Where/when was marijuana found?   show
🗑
show • Natives in Andes Mtns of South America chew leaves of coca plants ( contain cocaine) as a stimulant-custom dating back at least the Inca Empire 15th century.  
🗑
show 19th century Europeans added coca to wine, tea, & lozenges.  
🗑
show added laudanaum- opium dissoleved in alcohol was main ingredient, many over the counter( or patient) meds.  
🗑
show • 1886 Atlanta pharmacist took coca leaves, caffeine cola nuts from west Africa, cane sugar syrup, & carbonated water= Coca-Cola.  
🗑
show • 1492 Christopher Colombus discovered tobacco which native Americans used or religious/medical purposes.  
🗑
show • Late Stone age groups created mead( fermented honey with sap or fruit)-10,000 years ago, Egyptians, Babylonians, Greeks, & Romans viewed wine as “gift from gods”  
🗑
show Religious recitals, medicine, tonics, nutrient beverages, or as culturally approved stimulants  
🗑
show mainly recreational(to relax, have fun with strangers/people, or to get high in public/private  
🗑
show • These substances are much stronger (western history)-wine 12 % alcohol diluted with water, hard liquor( 40-75% alcohol) approved in 10th century A.D.  
🗑
show yes, • Heroin on the streets is more potent & addictive than 1930’s-1940’s, & new synthetic drugs appear regularly with unpredictable consequences  
🗑
show pattern of drug use that diminishes the ability to fulfill responsibilities at home/work/school, that results in repeated use of a drug in dangerous situations or that leads to legal difficulties related to drug use.  
🗑
What is substance dependence?   show
🗑
show Phenomenon whereby higher doses of a drug are required to produce its original effects or to prevent withdrawal symptoms.  
🗑
show Unpleasant physical or psychological effects that follow the discontinuance of a dependent producing substance.  
🗑
What are Depressants?exs, and what are they used for?   show
🗑
What is alcohol?   show
🗑
What are Barbiturates?Exs:, and what are they used for?   show
🗑
show PA substances, derived from the opium poppy. Orignates in Turkey, not always used in history for abuse. Opiate drugs such as opium & heroin, dull the sense & induces Euphoria, well-being, & relaxation.  
🗑
show drugs including amphetamines & cocaine. They stimulate the sympathetic nervous system & produce feelings of optimism & boundless energy. All stimulants excite the NS “fight or flight” response also occurs.  
🗑
What is nicotine?What is it used for?   show
🗑
show stimulant drugs creates “rushes” of Euphoria,“crashes”, depression.habit forming 1st used in the 1930’s as a nasal spray to remove asthma symptoms. At chemical level resembles epinephrine, used in WWII to reduce fatigue “ pep pills”, AKA “diet pills"  
🗑
What/when is Cocaine?Whats it used for?   show
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: BarackObama13
Popular Psychology sets