Chapter 5 - Consciousness Flashcards
Internal Stimuli
What’s he opening in your mind ex. muscle tension, how mentally alert you are
What is consciousness
Subjective awareness of internal and external stimuli
External Stimuli
What’s happening around you (senses)
Attention
Process if seeking out stimuli an focusing on them
Different from simply being aware if internal or external stimuli
Allocation of mental resources
Selective about information that is processed, we pick and choose what’s important and what we process
Dichotic Listentng
Hearing two messages at the same time
Cocktail Party Effect
Shifting attention when you hear something personally meaningful ex. Your name at a party
Change Blindless
Failure to detect changes in a scene when the alteration coincides with a brief visual destruction.
Occurs even when instructed to look for change
Monty Python video
Inattentional Blindness
Inability to notice a new event while attending to another event
Gorilla video
Driving so focused you can’t see the pedestrian
Dual Task Interference
Stroop Task: your reading ability interferes your ability to just see the color
Ability to perform one skill interferes with your ability to complete another task
Electroencephalogram (EEG)
Measures changes in brains activity over time
Electromyogram (EMG)
Measures muscle time and gives I formation about the muscles
Electrooculogram (EOG)
Measures eye movements and shows where you’re looking
Awake: Beta Waves
Alert
Small amplitude
Desychrinized pattern
Awake: Alpha Waves
Relaxed or eyes closed
Bigger amplitude
Pattern is more synchronized