Consciousness and Attention (PSYM207)

Question 1

It is the state of being aware of one’s surroundings and thoughts at a given moment

Answer 1

Consciousness

Question 2

True or False: When we pay attention, all processes we undergo are conscious ones

Answer 2

False

Question 3

This is the active process of taking in a limited amount of information from the enormous amount available through our senses and memories

Answer 3

Attention

Question 4

These are stored memories that we do not use constantly but can be summoned when needed

Answer 4

Preconscious Processing

Question 5

True or False: the contents of attention can either reside within or outside our awareness

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Give 4 benefits of attention

Answer 6

• Salient when we refer to our conscious attention processes
• Plays a causal role in cognition
• Monitors our interaction with the environment
• Assists in linking the past and the present for the continuity of experience
• Helps control our future actions

Question 7

This is observed in people who have lesions in some areas of the visual cortex

Answer 7

Preconscious Perception

Question 8

This occurs when recognition of certain stimuli is affected by our prior presentation of the same or similar stimuli

Answer 8

Priming

Question 9

These are processes of which we have conscious control and take time to execute

Answer 9

Controlled Perception

Question 10

This is when we become accustomed to a stimulus so we gradually pay less and less attention to it

Answer 10

Habituation

Question 11

This is the recovered or restored behavioral response where our reaction towards a known stimulus is enhanced after habituation

Answer 11

Dishabituation

Question 12

This is the lessening of attention to a stimulus that is not subject to conscious control, it occurs in the sense organ

Answer 12

Sensory Adaptation

Question 13

What theory states that consciousness is a global workspace where we attend to information at hand

Answer 13

Spotlight of Attention

Question 14

True or False: Only certain regions of the brain are needed for humans to have functional awareness

Answer 14

False, the brain works synchronously to bind separate experiences

Question 15

This theory explains that consciousness is a skill that the brain acquires and not an inherent property or skill

Answer 15

Radical Plasticity Theory

Question 16

This is the state of alertness, or the extent to which a person is aware

Answer 16

Wakefulness

Question 17

This is the monitoring of information from the environment and from one’s own thoughts

Answer 17

Awareness

Question 18

This is a state of unconsciousness where there is only minimal consciousness and the eyes might be open, but the person is unresponsive

Answer 18

Vegetative State

Question 19

This is a state in which a patient shows signs of intentional behavior like visual tracking, but cannot communicate

Answer 19

Minimally Conscious

Question 20

This is a state where the eyes are closed and the person is completely unresponsive and unrousable

Answer 20

Coma

Question 21

This is when we become so involved with what we are doing that we lose sense of time and forget our surroundings

Answer 21

Full Consciousness

Question 22

A heightened state of awareness of the present moment, of present events and events in one’s own mind

Answer 22

Mindfulness

Question 23

What form of consciousness happens when we sleep and dream?

Answer 23

Moderate Consciousness