Module #8 Vocab

Question 1

Consciousness

Answer 1

our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment

Question 2

Hypnosis

Answer 2

a social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur

Question 3

Cognitive Neuroscience

Answer 3

the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (perception, thinking, memory, and language)

Question 4

Selective Attention

Answer 4

focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Question 5

Inattentional Blindness

Answer 5

failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere

Question 6

Change Blindness

Answer 6

failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness

Question 7

Dual Processing

Answer 7

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

Question 8

Blindsight

Answer 8

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

Question 9

Parallel Processing

Answer 9

processing multiple aspects of a stimulus or problem simultaneously

Question 10

Sequential Processing

Answer 10

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