Module 8: Brain States and Consciousness

Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 2

spontaneous states of consciousness

Answer 2

daydreaming, drowsiness

Question 3

physiologically induced states of consciousness

Answer 3

hallucination, orgasm, food starvation

Question 4

psychologically induced states of consciousness

Answer 4

sensory deprivation, hypnosis

Question 5

cognitive neuroscience

Answer 5

interdisciplinary study of brain activity/mental process

Question 6

dual processing

Answer 6

principle that info is simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

Question 7

blindsight

Answer 7

person can respond to visual stimuli without consciously experiencing it

Question 8

parallel-processing

Answer 8

processing many aspects of a problem simultaneously

Question 9

selective attention

Answer 9

focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Question 10

inattentional blindness

Answer 10

failing to see visible object when our attention is focused elsewhere

Question 11

change blindness

Answer 11

failure to notice change in environment

Question 12

cocktail party effect

Answer 12

ability to attend to one voice among many

Question 13

popout phenomenon

Answer 13

noticing a distinct change