GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 3 - RUTGERS PROF LARRY JACOBS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
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GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 3 - RUTGERS PROF LARRY JACOBS QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Consciousness
The subjective experience of perceiving one's self and other entities
Brain Activity & Consciousness
Decreases in brain activity typically follows the declines in level of cons...
GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY EXAM 3 - RUTGERS PROF LARRY JACOBS
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
Consciousness
The subjective experience of perceiving one's self and other entities
Brain Activity & Consciousness
Decreases in brain activity typically follows the declines in level of consciousness
Stream of Consciousness
term by William James; describes the mind as a continuous flow of changing
sensations, images, thoughts, feelings
Info moves in and out of consciousness. Our minds race from one topic to the next.
Blindsight
occurs in those who have damage to the visual cortex. They respond to stimuli but also
report not being consciousness of them.
Spatial Neglect
results from right hemispheric damage - the affected person will ignore information and
sensations from the left side of the body; may have information in one hemisphere but
can't consciously access it.
Ex. bump into objects on the left side, won't shave the left side of their face, ignore
instructions whispered into their left ear.
Deja vu
The feeling of uncanny familiarity with a strange person, new place or event
Capgras Syndrome
A condition in which a person insists that familiar individuals are actually imposters who
resemble those people. A person regards relatives and close friends as unfamiliar,
insisting they are just exact duplicates
Brain Death
The absence of activity or response to stimuli
Coma
, A prolonged state of unconsciousness; a person is unresponsive to his or her
environment and cannot be awakened by any stimulation
Vegetative State
A chronic or long-term condition; May have awoken from a coma but have not regained
awareness; completely lack cognitive function
Circadian Rhythms
Cycles of activity and inactivity generally lasting about one day; Determine sleep
patterns; Referred to as the "body clock"
Jet Lag
The period of weariness and discomfort that occurs when your body clock adjusts to
your new time zone; it is easier to adjust going east to west than west to east
Health Benefits of Sleep
Save energy, helps restorative functions in the brain, and strengthens learning and
memory
REM
rapid-eye movement; the sleeper's eyes are moving rapidly around under the closed
eyelids; also referred to as paradoxical sleep because there is physiological and brain
wave activity almost indistinguishable from the waking state
Normally 90 minutes after you fall asleep
When does REM occur?
polygraph test
lie detector test
not reliable
Insomnia
"Lack of sleep", complaints of feeling poorly rested due to lack of sleep
Sleep Apnea
People with this may fail to breathe for a minute or longer, and wake up gasping for
breath (or die). Closely associated with snoring
Parasomnias
Other unsettling occurrences during sleep: sleep talking, sleep walking, nightmares,
night terrors
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