exam 3

What is consciousness?

• A state of heightened alertness in which one is fully absorbed in the task at hand

• state of awareness of ourselves (thoughts, feelings, perceptions) and of the world around us

• passive state of waking consciousness that involves turning attention away from external stimuli to internal thoughts and imaginary situations

• State of awareness characterized by divided attention to 2 or more tasks performed at same time

What is day dreaming

• A state of heightened alertness in which one is fully absorbed in the task at hand

• state of awareness of ourselves (thoughts, feelings, perceptions) and of the world around us

• passive state of waking consciousness that involves turning attention away from external stimuli to internal thoughts and imaginary situations

• State of awareness characterized by divided attention to 2 or more tasks performed at same time

What is focused awareness

• A state of heightened alertness in which one is fully absorbed in the task at hand

• state of awareness of ourselves (thoughts, feelings, perceptions) and of the world around us

• passive state of waking consciousness that involves turning attention away from external stimuli to internal thoughts and imaginary situations

• State of awareness characterized by divided attention to 2 or more tasks performed at same time

What is divided attention

• A state of heightened alertness in which one is fully absorbed in the task at hand

• state of awareness of ourselves (thoughts, feelings, perceptions) and of the world around us

• passive state of waking consciousness that involves turning attention away from external stimuli to internal thoughts and imaginary situations

• State of awareness characterized by divided attention to 2 or more tasks performed at same time

How often do people report daydreaming?

• 52%

• 37%

• 40%

• 47%

What is manifest content?

• what dream actually means

• story-like sequence of vivid visual images experienced during sleep

• the events happening in the dream

• brains attempt to make sense of random discharges of electrical activity that occur during REM

What is latent content?

• what dream actually means

• story-like sequence of vivid visual images experienced during sleep

• the events happening in the dream

• brains attempt to make sense of random discharges of electrical activity that occur during REM

What is the activation synthesis hypothesis?

• what dream actually means

• story-like sequence of vivid visual images experienced during sleep

• the events happening in the dream

• brains attempt to make sense of random discharges of electrical activity that occur during REM

What is memory?

• The brain function that allows us to retain information and bring it forward

• converting info into a form that can be stored

• process of retaining information

• holds memory of sensory impressions for a very short time

What is encoding?

• The brain function that allows us to retain information and bring it forward

• converting info into a form that can be stored

• process of retaining information

• process of accessing and bringing into consciousness info stored in memory