PSYCHOLOGY VCE CORRECT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Altered State of Consciousness - ANSWER-a type of
consciousness other than normal waking consciousness
subjective - ANSWER-based on personal experience or feeling,
not from external evidence
normal waking consciousness - ANSWER-The states ...
Altered State of Consciousness - ANSWER-a type of
consciousness other than normal waking consciousness
subjective - ANSWER-based on personal experience or feeling,
not from external evidence
normal waking consciousness - ANSWER-The states of
consciousness associated with being awake and aware of our
thoughts, memories, feelings and sensations we are
experiencing from the outside world
awareness - ANSWER-perceptions, thoughts, motives and
feelings that are in our consciousness at any one time
selective attention - ANSWER-the ability to focus awareness on
certain stimuli while ignoring others
dichotic listening test - ANSWER-a test in which a subject is
asked to repeat different numbers heard simultaneously in the
left and right ear
shadowing - ANSWER-An experimental method that requires
people to repeat the attended message out loud.
divided attention - ANSWER-concentrating on more than one
activity at the same time
content limitation - ANSWER-the process of selecting which
information to attend to at any one time
,controlled process - ANSWER-information processing involving
conscious, alert awareness and mental effort
automatic process - ANSWER-information processing involving
minimal awareness and mental effort
hallucinations - ANSWER-sensory perceptions that occur in the
absence of sensory stimulation
inhibitions - ANSWER-a conscious or unconscious restraint
upon behaviour
time orientation - ANSWER-the way an individual percieves
time and and the role time plays in their lives
circadian rhythm - ANSWER-a biological ocurrance that
operates once a day, eg; the sleep-wake cycle
ultradian rhythm - ANSWER-a biological cyclical occurance that
operates more than once a day. eg; the sleep cycle
brainwaves - ANSWER-the lines or patterns produced on a
graph when electrical activity of the brain is detected and
recorded
frequency - ANSWER-the number of brainwaves that occur per
second
amplitude - ANSWER-the intensity or strength of brainwaves
measured by the height of a brainwave from peak to trough
beta waves - ANSWER-brainwaves produced when awake and
alert, and during REM sleep
alpha waves - ANSWER-brainwaves associated with a very
relaxed but wakeful state, such as meditation
, theta waves - ANSWER-brainwaves that are produced when
falling asleed, associated with light sleep
delta waves - ANSWER-brainwaves associated with deep
sleep, also referred to as 'slow-wave sleep'
NREM sleep - ANSWER-consists of four stages of sleep
characterised by little to no eye movements, decreased heart
rate, blood pressure and metabolic rate, and a relaxation of the
body's muscles where movement is possible
hypnic jerk - ANSWER-sudden leg movement or spasm in the
body that may occur as a person drifts off to sleep
sleep spindle - ANSWER-signifies the true onset of sleep and is
characterised by a short burst of high frequency brainwaves
that last approximatley a second
K-complex - ANSWER-a brainwave pattern that occurs in
response to stimuli in the environment or muscle tension in the
body, characterised by a single burst of low frequency and high
amplitude brainwave activity in stage 2 of sleep (light sleep)
slow-wave sleep - ANSWER-refers to stages 3 and 4 sleep
which is the deepest stage of sleep characterised by slow and
low frequency waves of high amplitude
REM sleep - ANSWER-a fifth stage of sleep characterised by
quick, jerking eye movements, increased heart rate, blood
pressure and metabolic rate, and a complete paralysis of the
muscles in the body. REM sleep is also called 'paradoxical
sleep'
stage 1 of sleep - ANSWER-(NREM) alpha and theta waves,
medium and irregular frequency and a mixture od low and high
amplitude waves
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