Chapter 4-Consciousness

Question 1

Consciousness

Answer 1

The subjective experience of the world.

Question 2

Change blindness

Answer 2

That we sometimes miss big changes in our environment. Our perception of the world is often not accurate and we have little regard for this perceptual errors.
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Question 3

Subliminal perception

Answer 3

A process whereby the information is being processed by sensory systems without being aware of it. -Coca cola commercial, get thirsty without knowing it was from the commercial.

Question 4

Sleep-information about light (sentence in summary)

Answer 4

is sent to a small part of the hypothalamus, namely the suprachiasmatic nucleus. This then sends signals to the pineal gland, which produces melatonin.

Question 5

How/why (biological factor) do people become addicted to drugs?

Answer 5

The result of dopamine activity in the limbic system (motivation and emotion). 5-10% that come in contact with drugs get addicted

Question 6

Dreams during REM sleep

Answer 6

The prefrontal cortex is deactivated, this leads to the irrationality of dreams.