Module 7-Consciousness

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

The focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Question 4

Inattentional blindness

Answer 4

Failing to see visible objects when your attention is directed some elsewhere

Question 5

Change blindness

Answer 5

Failling to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattetional blindness

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 a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it; blind persons

Question 8

Parallel processing

Answer 8

Processing many aspects of a stimulus or a problem at once

Question 9

Sequential processing

Answer 9

Processing one aspect of a stimulus or a problem at a time; generally used to process new information or to solve difficult problems