Psychology Chapter on Consciousness

Awareness of oneself and one's environment.

Preconscious/subconscious

A reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories that we are unaware of but that influence our behavior.

<p>True (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Dream analysis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Manifest content</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Latent content</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Annual cycle</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>28-day cycle</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A 24-hour rhythm, such as the body clock (body temperature and wakefulness)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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<p>A signal or message designed to pass below the normal limits of perception.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>An application of subliminal messaging used by advertisers to influence consumers.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A unique phase of sleep characterized by random/rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied by low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity for vivid dreams.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any significant loss of sleep, resulting in problems with concentration, irritability, and an increased risk to physical health.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Any state that is significantly different from a normative waking beta wave state.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A state of highly focused attention or concentration, often associated with relaxation and heightened suggestibility.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The focusing of attention on a particular stimulus such as breathing or a mantra, which produces relaxation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drugs that increase activity of the body and are pleasurable and invigorating.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drugs that alter perception of reality.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drugs that lower neurotransmission levels, which is to depress or reduce arousal or stimulation, in various areas of the brain.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Drugs that relieve pain and induce sleep.</p> Signup and view all the answers

awareness of oneself and one's environment

information that is not conscious but is retrievable into conscious awareness

reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories of which we are unaware but which influences our behavior.

analogy used by Freud to describe consciousness

a psychoanalytic technique in which the therapist interprets the symbolic meaning of the client's dreams.

according to Freud, the remembered story line of a dream

according to Freud, the underlying meaning of a dream

cycles that occur in our bodies on a yearly basis, such as SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), birds migrating south, or bears hibernating

cycles that occur every month, such as a woman's menstrual cycle

a 24-hour rhythm, such as the body clock (body temperature and wakefulness)

length of a sleep cycle

a signal or message designed to pass below the normal limits of perception

application of subliminal messaging used by advertisers to influence consumers

unique phase of sleep distinguishable by random/rapid movement of the eyes, accompanied with low muscle tone throughout the body, and the propensity of the sleeper to dream vividly

any significant loss of sleep, resulting in problems in concentration, irritability, and increased risk to physical health

any state which is significantly different from a normative waking beta wave state

a state of highly focused attention or concentration, often associated with relaxation, and heightened suggestibility

the focusing of attention to a particular stimulus such as. breathing or a mantra, which produces relaxation

drugs including those that increase activity of the body and are pleasurable and invigorating

a type of drug that alters perception of reality

a drug that lowers neurotransmission levels, which is to depress or reduce arousal or stimulation, in various areas of the brain

drug that relieves pain and induces sleep