3a. Consciousness Flashcards
the description and explanation of states and consciousness
Psychology
our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment
consciousness
helps us make sense of our life, including our sensations, emotions, and choices
conscious awareness
experiencing an altered state of consciousness involving changes in perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors
hypnosis
examples of what hypnosis can reduce
emotional distress, unpleasant thinking, and pain of social rejection
the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with our mental processes
cognition neuroscience
if brain activity can reveal conscious thinking, could brain scans allow us to discern mental activity in unresponsive patients?
yes
focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
selective attention
our consciousness focuses on but one thing at a time. true or false
true
failing to see visible object when our attention is directed elsewhere
inattentional blindness
is attention powerfully selective
true
a form of inattentional blindness
Change blindess
failing to notice changes in the environment (a railing had risen, clothing changed in color)
Change blindess
the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
Dual processing
the human brain is a device for converting conscious into unconscious knowledge
true
a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it
Blindsight
is vision a single system or a dual processing system
dual processing
enables us to think about the world
visual perception track
guides or moment to moment movements
visual action track
processing many aspects of a stimulus or problem
parallel processing
processing one aspect of a stimulus or problem at a time; generally used to process new information or to solve difficult problems
sequential processing
what are the mind’s two tracks
conscious and unconscious track (dual processing)
inattentional blindness is a product of our ______ attention
selective
We register and react to stimuli outside of
our awareness by
means of ________processing. When we devote deliberate
attention to stimuli, we
use _______processing.
unconscious; conscious
