Consciousness
Psychologists generally consider consciousness to include several things, including *this.*
What is "sense of self," "environmental stimuli," and/or "awareness of surroundings"
This is the term for any biological cycle that occurs on a 24-hour rhythm.
What is a circadian rhythm?
Freud's book "The Interpretation of Dreams," suggests that dreams have "latent content," which reflects *this.*
What are "unconscious wishes and desires?"
This theory of motivation suggests that all behavior is designed to meet a specific need - and that some more basic needs must be satisfied before all others.
What is Maslow's hierarchy?
This form of punishment is upsetting because it frustrates the basic need to belong.
What is ostracism?
This phenomenon occurs when consciousness for one thing is impaired because we are focused on something else.
What is selective attention?
One theory of dreams suggests that dreams rarely mean anything, and it is just your brain's way of making sense of random electrical activity during sleep, which is called *this.*
What is "neural static"?
According to the arousal theory of motivation, these are people who have a higher-than-average optimal level of arousal.
What are sensation-seekers?
Experimental research indicates that people who are ostracized can respond with a variety of emotions, including *these."
What are depression, frustration, and anger?
Caffeine helps to keep you awake/alert by blocking the action of this neurotransmitter.
What is adenosine?
This term refers to a dangerous (but sometimes hilarious) condition in which people or animals fall into sudden periods of brief sleep.
What is narcolepsy?
According to Drive Reduction Theory, all behaviors are intended to meet a need and reduce a drive that gets the body back to this baseline level.
What is homeostasis?
One theory of emotion suggests that strong arousal can carry over to the next thing one does, even if it is unrelated - for example, when fans go outside and riot after a sporting event.
What is the spillover effect?
This phenomenon occurs when we are not aware that something has changed in a familiar environment.
What is change blindness?
Though there is debate over the actual purpose of dreams, it is likely that during sleep, memories are converted from short-term to long-term memory in *this* process.
What is memory consolidation?
Psychologist Clara Hill is known for creating this method of dream interpretation.
What is the Cognitive Experiential dream interpretation model?
According to Maslow, which set of needs usually must be satisfied first?
What are physiological needs?
Carol Izard's research suggests that *these* are the 7 basic emotions that all humans have.
What are fear, happiness, anger, surprise, disgust, sadness, and interest?
An increase in light activates light-sensitive neurons in our eyes, which signals the Suprachiasmatic Nucleus (SCN) in the brain to decrease production of the hormone ______.
What is melatonin?
This normal phenomenon of a feeling of "falling," or even mild hallucinations, occur in this stage of sleep.
What is NREM-1?
This principle suggests that in order to perform (athletically or otherwise) at the optimal level, one's arousal must not be too low nor too high.
What is the Yerkes-Dodson law?
Without special training, most people aren't very good at detecting when someone is lying to them. In fact, the average person is correct only about *this* often.
What is "about 50% of the time?"