Module 8 - Consciousness (Test 2)

Question 1

Current definition of consciousness

Answer 1

Awareness of self and environnement

Question 2

How was psychology viewed in the late 1900s

Answer 2

States of consciousness

Question 3

Focus of psychology in the 1st half of 20th century

Answer 3

Behaviorism

Question 4

Focus of psychology after 1960

Answer 4

Consciousness now supported by neuroscience

Question 5

Features of consciousness

Answer 5

• Allows assemblage of multiple information sources
• Focuses attention when learning a complex concept or behaviour

Question 6

Types of consciousness

Answer 6

1. Occur spontaneously
2. Physiologically induced
3. Psychologically induced

Question 7

Examples of consciousness that occur spontaneously

Answer 7

Daydreaming, drowsiness, dreaming

Question 8

Physiologically induced consciousness

Answer 8

Hallucinations, orgasm, food or oxygen starvation

Question 9

Psychologically induced consciousness

Answer 9

Sensory deprivation, hypnosis, meditation

Question 10

What is cognitive neuroscience

Answer 10

Interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with mental processes

Question 11

Conscious experiences

Answer 11

arise from synchronized activity across the brain

Question 12

Selective attention

Answer 12

-Conscious awareness focused on a particular stimulus (ex: Cocktail party effect)

Question 13

Accidents related to selective attention

Answer 13

• Rapid switching between activities degrades sustained, focused attention
• Digital device use while driving increases the risk for traffic accidents

Question 14

Innatentional blindness

Answer 14

Failing to see objects when attention is directed elsewhere

Question 15

Change blindness

Answer 15

Failing to notice changes in our environnement

Question 16

Dual processing

Answer 16

Simultaneous information processing on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

Question 17

Blindsight

Answer 17

Responding to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it:
- Visual action track - guides moment-to-moment movements
-Visual perception track allows us to recognize and plan future actions

Question 18

Parallel processing

Answer 18

Processing many aspects of a stimulus or problem at once (ex: driving a car)

Question 19

Sequential Processing

Answer 19

Processing one aspect of a stimulus or problem at a time; new information processing or difficult problem solving