Chapter 4: Conciousness

Question 1

What is Conciousness?

Answer 1

a state of awareness that consists of the sensations, thoughts, and feelings that a person is focused on at a given moment (ATTENTION)

Question 2

What are some types of Attention?

Answer 2

Selective and Distrubuted

Question 3

What is Selective Attention?

Answer 3

We selectively focus on a particular stimulus while ignoring other stimuli in the environment

Question 4

What is Divided Attention?

Answer 4

Distributing Attention among multiple tasks
- Used for automatic tasks (Ex: Driving)
- One task is done less efficiently or well

Question 5

What is Subliminal Influence?

Answer 5

Things that effect our perception without us knowing
Ex:
Mere Exposure: The more often you see a stimulus THE MORE YOU LIKE IT

Question 6

What are some Reasons for why we sleep?

Answer 6

1. Biological Rhythm (Circadian RHytm)
2. Chronic Sleep Deprivation
3. Restorative Function
4. Evloutinary Function
   5.Brain Plasticity (organizes memories)

Question 7

What is REM?

Answer 7

Bursts of Rapid Eye movements
Best part of sleep