PSYCH: Quiz 10 Flashcards
Explain this:
A brain simple enough to be understand is too simple to produce a mind capable of understanding it
A human brain is so complex that it’s hard to fully understand that we have a brain
What is consciousness
Awareness of ourselves and our environment
What is the significance of the hallow face allusion?
The lower tract is aware of things that our upper tract does not know
How much information can we pay attention to or focus at one time?
NOT VERY MUCH. The upper tract is like a flashlight beam. (limited)
Is multitasking a fallacy?(False idea)
Yes to an extent because the upper tract can only focus on one thing at a time
the gorilla experiment
inattentional blindness
direction experiment
change blindness
not seeing a change in the environment because the upper tract is focused elsewhere
Change blindness
when someone is cot up into something and doesn’t realize that someone else so there talking
Change defenses
when a strikingly distinct stimulus, such as the only smiling face, draws our eyes
Pop-out phenomenon
Why are cellphones such a large distraction when driving?
Because they monopolize the upper tract
processing information consciously (with awareness)
Upper track
processing information below the level of awareness, processing way more information than the upper track
Lower track
not seeing things because the upper tract is focused elsewhere
Inattentional blindness
