Chapter 3

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 2

hypnosis

Answer 2

social interaction in which one person (hypnotist) suggests to another (subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur

Question 3

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 3

interdisciplinary field study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, memory, language, etc)

Question 4

inattentional blindness:

Answer 4

filing to see visual objects when our attention is focused elsewhere

Question 5

inattentional numbness

Answer 5

failing to feel a sensation when attention is focused elsewhere

Question 6

selective attention

Answer 6

focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Question 7

dual processing

Answer 7

the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

Question 8

dual processing: concious

Answer 8

deliberate, “high road”, reflective

Question 9

dual processing: unconcious

Answer 9

automatic, “low road”, intuitive

Question 10

blindsight

Answer 10

a condition in which a person can respond to visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it

Question 11

visual perception track

Answer 11

enables us to recognize things and to plan future actions

Question 12

visual action track

Answer 12

guides moment-to-moment movements

Question 13

parallel processing

Answer 13

processing many aspects of a stimulus or problem simultaneously - enables mind to take care of routine business

Question 14

sequential processing

Answer 14

processing one aspect of a stimulus or problem at a time; generally used to process new information and to problem solve