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Defining Consciousness
Define consciousness,
Consciousness is a psychological ...,
Consciousness is ______ ______ __...
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Characteristics of Consciousness
Define awareness,
How is awareness measured,
Define attention
24
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Characteristics of Normal Waking Consciousness
Define normal waking consciousness,
Can our level of awareness change...,
Why is normal waking consciousnes...
12
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Characteristics of Altered States of Consciousness
Define altered state of conscious...,
What types of altered states of c...,
Describe levels of awareness in a...
11
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Daydreaming
Define daydreaming,
When is daydreaming most likely t...,
How are daydreams different to ni...
12
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Alcohol-induced State
Is alcohol a cns stimulant or dep...,
Alcohol is a psychoactive drug de...,
What variables can alter how alco...
14
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Studying Consciousness: Introduction
What 3 types of measurements can ...,
Where do researchers research sleep,
Define sleep laboratory
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Studying Consciousness: Physiological Measurements
Advantages of using physiological...,
Limitations of using physiologica...,
Define eeg electroencephalograph
29
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Studying Consciousness: Behaviour Demonstrated
What research method records beha...,
What does video monitoring do,
Does video recording use infrared...
7
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Studying Consciousness: Individual Information Provided
Name an advantage and limitation ...,
What types of self reports can be...,
Define sleep diary
6
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Sleep
Define sleep,
In what ways can sleep be deliber...,
Define sleep cycle
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Sleep across the lifespan
What happens to the amount of rem...,
What happens to the amount of nre...,
What happens to the amount of slo...
18
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Sleep deprivation
Define sleep deprivation,
Define partial sleep deprivation,
Define total sleep deprivation
15
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Sleep recovery patters
To what extent does a person need...,
Are there usually long term side ...,
What do the gardiner and tripp ca...
8
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Restorative Theories of Sleep
What do restoration theories of s...,
Generally which type of sleep rep...,
What are 5 of the main posits for...
5
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Survival Theories of sleep
What do the survival theories of ...,
What are the 3 main posits for th...,
Explain how vulnerability to pred...
8
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Central & Peripheral Nervous Systems
Define central nervous system,
What is the purpose of the spinal...,
Describe the structure of the spi...
12
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Somatic and Autonomic Nervous Systems
What is the somatic nervous syste...,
Describe how sensory info reaches...,
Describe how motor info reaches m...
10
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Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous Systems
Define sympathetic nervous system,
Why is the sympathetic nerous sys...,
How specifically is the sympathet...
9
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The Brain and Cerebral Cortex
Why is the brain referred to as t...,
Average weight of the adult brain,
How many neurons and how many con...
23
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Hemispheres (including specialisation)
Define cerebral hemispheres,
Define longitudinal fissure,
Define central fissure
16
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Split Brain Studies
What is split brain surgery also ...,
Define split brain surgery,
Why was split brain surgery done
13
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Frontal lobe
Define frontal lobe,
Which of the lobes is the largest,
What cognitive processes is the a...
17
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Broca's Aphasia
Define brocas area,
Where is brocas area located,
Grammatical function of brocas area
21
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Parietal Lobe
Define somatosensory cortex,
What specific sensory information...,
Describe the somatosensory homunc...
12
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Spatial Neglect
Define spatial neglect,
Why is spatial neglect attentional,
What is spatial neglect usually c...
11
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Wernicke's aphasia
Define wernickes aphasia,
2 key symptoms of wernickes aphasia,
Other characteristics of wernicke...
4
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Temporal Lobe
Define primary auditory cortex,
What is meant by features of sound,
What is meant by types of sounds
11
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Occipital Lobe
Main function of the primary visu...,
Explain how each eye receives and...,
How do the association areas of t...
7
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Studies on Cognitive Processes of the Brain
Define cognition,
Define cognitive process,
List cognitive processes
3
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Ethics
After being submitted to ethics c...,
Can psychologists conduct medical...
2
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Labelling Neurons
Label the motor neuron,
Label the sensory neuron,
Label the interneuron
3
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STRESS LIST
Define brocas aphasia,
Define wernickes aphasia
2
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