Attention Flashcards

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Attention

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Behavioral and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on a discrete aspect of information

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Consciousness

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At its simplest, is sentience and awareness of internal and external existence.

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Inanttentional Blindness

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Occurs when an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, purely as a result of a lack of attention rather than any vision defects or deficits.

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Blindsight

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A phenomenon in which patients with damage in the primary visual cortex of the brain can tell where an object is although they claim they cannot see it.

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Subliminal Perception

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Perception of a series of stimulus which the person is not consciously aware of and gets under the influence involuntarily

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Priming

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Priming is a phenomenon in which exposure to one stimulus influences how a person responds to a subsequent, related stimulus.

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Change Blindness

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A phenomenon of visual perception that occurs when a stimulus undergoes a change without this being noticed by its observer.

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Endogenous Attention

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Attention that is attended voluntarily

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Exogenous Attention

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Attention that is directed involuntarily by a stimulus

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Automatic Processing

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A type of thinking or cognition that does not involve any effort or deliberation

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Controlled Processing

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A type of thinking that requires us to pay attention and deliberately put in effort

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Amphetamines

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Stimulants that increase dopamine in the synapse. Ex: Adderall

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Methamphetamine

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By blocking the reuptake of dopamine and increasing its release, it produces high levels of dopamine in the synapse. Ex: Crystal Meth

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Opioids

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Bind to and activate opioid receptors and are experienced as extremely enjoyable if taken in larger doses. Ex: Heroin, Fentanyl

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Marijuana

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Many drugs can easily be categorized as stimulants, depressants, or hallucinogens, but this one can have the effects of all three types.

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MDMA

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MDMA produces an energizing effect similar to that of stimulants, but it also causes slight hallucinations. It involves more serotonin and norepinephrine activity and blocks reuptake. Ex: Molly, Ecstasy

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Alcohol

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Is a depressant that inhibits neural activity by activating GABA receptors.

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Cocaine

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Produces its stimulating effects by increasing the concentration of dopamine in the synapse.

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Selective Attention

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the capacity for or process of reacting to certain stimuli selectively when several occur simultaneously.

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Selective Listening

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Characterized as the action in which people focus their attention intentionally on a specific source of a sound or spoken words.