Variations in Consciousness: Attention Flashcards
1
Q
What is consciousness?
A
organism’s awareness of itself and its surroundings
2
Q
What are 4 functions of attention?
A
selection, vigilance, search, coordination
3
Q
Do attentional resources change as you age and depending on your state of arousal?
A
yes
4
Q
What is an automatic process?
A
something that is highly practiced, unconscious, not remembered, fast, parallel
5
Q
What is a controlled process?
A
something that is new, conscious, remembered, slow, serial
6
Q
What is the stroop test?
A
shows interference on a task where subjects must attend selectively to one of 2 dimensions of stimulus
7
Q
What is change blindness?
A
form of inattentional blindness in which two thirds of individuals giving directions fail to notice a change in the individual asking for directions
