Consciousness & Sleep
What is consciousness?
The State of being aware of, and responsive to, internal events (thoughts, feelings, etc) and external events (environment, surroundings, etc)
Emotional bond between two people (especially infant and care-giver)
Attachment
The way in which our brain receives information from all the areas of the body
Nervous System
What is Psychology?
The study of the human mind and its mental processes.
Peter Tripp famously did what for 201 hours.
Deprived himself of sleep
What does NREM sleep stand for?
Non-Rapid Eye Movement
Specific periods in life where certain experiences must happen in order for normal development to occur are called?
Critical periods
The cell body of a neutron?
Soma
The debate of which influence has a greater impact on a person's mental processes and behaviour.
Nature Vs Nurture
FA1's research investigation surrounded what topic?
Sleep
Name two states of Consciousness
Normal Waking Consciousness and Altered States of Consciousness
The term used to define neural pathways and synapses changing and reorganising in response to new information, stimulation or environments
Neuroplasticity
Three main sections of the brain
Hindbrain, Midbrain, Forebrain
Free Will vs Determinism
Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory of cognition theorizes
Social interaction and cultural context are integral for cognitive development
Name the Types of Sleep Deprivation
Partial, Total, Chronic
Physical, Cognitive, Social, Emotional
Substance that covers the axon and insulates it from surrounding fluid
Myelin Sheath
The branch of medicine that focuses on the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental, emotion and behavioural disorders
Psychiatry
John Bowlby's: Drive for Attachment (1969) theorizes
Infants have a biological drive to form attachment, particularly to the mother, for evolutionary and social reasons
Name the hormones that regulate consciousness
What is the last part of the brain to undergo myelination (Huge development around puberty)
Frontal Lobe
The process of producing images of the structure or activity of the brain
Neuroimaging
Define Dualism in terms of Psychology
The view that the mind and body both exist as separate entities
The name of the person who came up with the four stages of Cognitive development