Module 7 Flashcards

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What is hypnosis?

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An altered state of consciousness, including different perceptions feelings, thoughts, and behaviors. Additionally it can reduce stress, unpleasant feelings and the pain of social rejection

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What is cognitive neuroscience

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The interdisciplinary study of the brains activity linked with mental processes

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What is selective attention?

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The minds ability to track specific, necessary things, ex: focus on just 40 of the 11,000,000 stimuli from one of the five senses

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What is inattentional blindness?

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The unintentional blindness to small stimuli that the brain may just miss

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What is inattentional numbness

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When distracted, it is harder to notice vibrations or other tactile sensations, pickpockets have long abused this by bumping into people

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What is change blindness

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Things changing in a scene after a brief visual interruption, ex: bottle of coke disappearing

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What is dual processing?

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The idea that language, perception, memory, thinking, and attitude all operate on two different levels, a conscious high road and an unconscious low road

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What is blindsight

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A condition where someone can respond to visual stimuli without seeing it

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What does parallel processing do?

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Process many aspects of stimuli simultaneously, Allows your mind to take care of routine business

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What is sequential processing?

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Processing one aspect of stimuli at a time, better for new processes and new information or solve difficult prbolems

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What is consciousness?

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The subjective awareness of ourselves and the environment

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