PSYCH 5, Introductory Psychology 5th Edition By Spencer A. Rathus 9781305662704 Chapter 1-14 Complete Guide
PSYCH 5, Introductory Psychology 5th Edition By Spencer A. Rathus 9781305662704 Chapter 1-14 Complete Guide
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Spencer A. Rathus 9781305662704 Chapter 1-14 Complete
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consciousness - ANSWER: a concept with many meanings, including sensory awareness of the world
outside, direct inner awareness of one's thoughts and feelings, personal unity, and the waking state
selective attention - ANSWER: the focus of one's consciousness on a particular stimulus
direct inner awareness - ANSWER: knowledge of one's own thoughts, feelings, and memories without
the use of sensory organs
preconscious - ANSWER: in psychodynamic theory, descriptive of material that is not in awareness but
can be brought into awareness by focusing one's attention
unconscious - ANSWER: in psychodynamic theory, descriptive of ideas and feelings that are not
available to awareness; also: without consciousness
Repression - ANSWER: in psychodynamic theory, the automatic (unconscious) ejection of anxiety-
evoking ideas, impulses, or images from awareness
Suppression - ANSWER: the deliberate, or conscious, placing of certain ideas, impulses, or images out
of awareness
nonconscious - ANSWER: descriptive of bodily processes, such as growing hair, of which we cannot
become conscious; we may "recognize" that our hair is growing, but we cannot directly experience
the biological process
alpha waves - ANSWER: rapid low-amplitude brain waves that have been linked to feelings of
relaxation
non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep - ANSWER: the first four stages of sleep
rapid eye movement (REM) sleep - ANSWER: a stage of sleep characterized by rapid eye movements,
which have been linked to dreaming
theta waves - ANSWER: slow brain waves produced during the hypnagogic state
delta waves - ANSWER: strong, slow brain waves usually emitted during stage 4 sleep
continuity hypothesis - ANSWER: the view that the content of dreams tends to be consistent with
previous cognitive activity
activation-synthesis model - ANSWER: the view that dreams reflect activation of cognitive activity by
the reticular formation and synthesis of this activity into a pattern
narcolepsy - ANSWER: a "sleep attack" in which a person falls asleep suddenly and irresistibly
sleep apnea - ANSWER: temporary absence or cessation of breathing while sleeping
Sleep terrors - ANSWER: frightening, dream-like experiences that occur during the deepest stage of
NREM sleep; nightmares, in contrast, occur during REM sleep
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