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Flashcards by Adina Mayer, updated more than 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| CONSCIOUSNESS | Awareness we have of our external surroundings and internal processes at any given moment. |
| CONSCIOUSNESS CAN BE: | Personal: Subjective understanding of the external world - varies for individuals Selective: Consciously choose to shift our attention Continuous: Never empty - always aware of something Changing: We shift attention to new stimuli when bought into our awareness |
| STATE OF CONSCIOUSNESS | The level of awareness we have of our mental processes and external surroundings Varies at different times |
| NORMAL WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS | Refers to the states of consciousness associated with being awake and aware of thoughts, feelings, memories and sensations we are experiencing from the outside world |
| ATTENTION | Mental activity which involves focusing on specific stimuli whilst ignoring others Can be focused internally or externally |
| SELECTIVE ATTENTION | Choosing to focus on a certain stimuli whilst ignoring others. Fail to notice other information while using selective attention |
| DIVIDED ATTENTION | Ability to distribute our attention and focus on more than one activity at the same time Depends on how much conscious effort is required to do a task. |
| DEPRESSANT | Produces mild euphoria by depressing brain centres responsible for inhibition, judgement and self control eg. Alcohol |
| BETA WAVES | NWC, Alert, Awake High frequency Low amplitude |
| ALPHA WAVES | NWC, relaxed, wakeful, meditative High frequency Low amplitude |
| THETA WAVES | ASC, early stages of sleep Medium frequency High + Low amplitude |
| DELTA WAVES | Associated with deepest stages of sleep Lowest Frequency Highest amplitude |
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