Consciousness Flashcards
1
Q
How would you define consciousness?
A
Awareness of ourselves and our environment. This is valid for both humans and some animals
2
Q
What is monitoring?
A
Focusing on one specific aspect to prevent information overload (eg. scanning crowd)
3
Q
What is unconscious controlling?
A
Handling something without consciousness (eg driving home)
4
Q
What is the dual process?
A
Keeping up an automatic, unconscious process, and a controlled, conscious process at the same time
