Consciousness: Processing

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 2

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 2

the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition

Question 3

selective attention

Answer 3

focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus.

Question 4

inattentional blindness

Answer 4

failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.

Question 5

change blindness

Answer 5

failing to notice changes in the environment;

Question 6

dual processing

Answer 6

the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.

Question 7

blindsight

Answer 7

a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it

Question 8

parallel processing

Answer 8

processing many aspects of a stimulus or problem simultaneously

Question 9

What are the mind’s two tracks, and what is dual processing?

Answer 9

Our mind simultaneously processes information on a conscious track and an unconscious track (dual processing) as we organize and interpret information.

Question 10

Failure to see visible objects because our attention is occupied elsewhere is called what?

Answer 10

Attention blindness

Question 11

We register and react to stimuli outside of our awareness by means of … … processing. When we devote deliberate attention to stimuli, we use … … processing

Answer 11

unconscious; conscious.