Consciousness Exam
consciousness - ANS our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Hypnosis - ANS a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain
perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur
Dissociation - ANS a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to
occur simultaneously with others
Stroop Effect - ANS Explains the decreased speed of naming the color of ink used to print
words when the color of ink and the word itself are of different colors.
selective attention - ANS the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
posthypnotic suggestion - ANS a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out
after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired
symptoms and behaviors
circadian rhythm - ANS the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour
cycle
REM sleep - ANS Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid
dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed
(except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active.
NREM sleep - ANS non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for
REM sleep
alpha waves - ANS the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
sleep - ANS periodic, natural loss of consciousness--as distinct from unconsciousness resulting
from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation
Hallucinations - ANS false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of
an external visual stimulus
delta waves - ANS the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
consciousness - ANS our awareness of ourselves and our environment
Hypnosis - ANS a social interaction in which one person suggests to another that certain
perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur
Dissociation - ANS a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to
occur simultaneously with others
Stroop Effect - ANS Explains the decreased speed of naming the color of ink used to print
words when the color of ink and the word itself are of different colors.
selective attention - ANS the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
posthypnotic suggestion - ANS a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out
after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired
symptoms and behaviors
circadian rhythm - ANS the biological clock; regular bodily rhythms that occur on a 24-hour
cycle
REM sleep - ANS Rapid eye movement sleep, a recurring sleep stage during which vivid
dreams commonly occur. Also known as paradoxical sleep, because the muscles are relaxed
(except for minor twitches) but other body systems are active.
NREM sleep - ANS non-rapid eye movement sleep; encompasses all sleep stages except for
REM sleep
alpha waves - ANS the relatively slow brain waves of a relaxed, awake state
sleep - ANS periodic, natural loss of consciousness--as distinct from unconsciousness resulting
from a coma, general anesthesia, or hibernation
Hallucinations - ANS false sensory experiences, such as seeing something in the absence of
an external visual stimulus
delta waves - ANS the large, slow brain waves associated with deep sleep
