Psychology Chapter 10 Flashcards
what does the phrase, “A brain simple enough to be understood is too simple to produce a mind capable of understanding it.”?
a brain that is simple cannot understand itself because the brain is so complex a brain that is simple cannot understand it. A brain simple enough to understand it has a brain can’t understand it
what is consiousness
awareness of ourselves and our environment
what are the two levels of consciousness?
upper and lower track
what is the upper track
it processes info consciously with awarness
what is the lower track
processing info below the level of awareness- way more info
what is hollow face illusion
our lower track knows things that our upper track does not
how much info can we pay attention to at one time
not very much, the upper track is like a flashlight beam
what is an example of selective attetion
unintentional change blindness
choice blindness
is multitasking a fallacy
yes, to an extent, because the upper track can only focus on one thing at a time, but other multiple lower track things
what is the popout phenonmenon
noticing something right away
a strikingly distinct stimulus
opposite of selective attention
why are cell phones such a large distraction when driving
because they monopolize the upper track
