PY 101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sleep Deprivation, Circadian Rhythm, Subliminal Stimuli
29 Aug 2016
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Chapter 4 consciousness (11 questions: the cocktail-party phenomenon. Pointing out that you can function at a large party while there is a lot going on. Things are still coming in our ears, but we don"t hear them we hear who we are talking to. But we still hear our name in a crowded party: change blindness. Watch this video and count the number of ball passes (you miss the gorilla, the player leave, and the curtain change) Processing information without conscious awareness: sleep disorders. Rem behavior disorder (acting out dreams: consequences of sleep deprivation. Deficits in mood, cognition, attention, memory, and immune system and death: theories on the purpose of sleep. Facilitation of learning: strengthening neural connections: dreams and rem-sleep. Rem sleep is weirder (weird, wacky dreams) Escapism: distract to reduce self-awareness: the definition of psychoactive drugs. Psychoactive drugs change the brain"s neurochemistry: learned beliefs about the effect of alcohol.
