consciousness

Question 1

three factors of consciousness

Answer 1

continuous, changing, selective

Question 2

what is consciousness

Answer 2

a continuously changing stream of our awareness of external events and internal stimuli, consciousness has three main features; it is selective, changing and continuous.

Question 3

states of consciousness

Answer 3

selective 
attentive 
day dreaming 
mediation 
hypnosis 
sleep 
anaesthetised

Question 4

who termed top down processing

Answer 4

psychologist Richard Gregory stated that perception is a constructive process that depends on top-down processing. He explained that past experience and prior knowledge related to a stimulus help us make inferences.

Question 5

who termed bottom up processing

Answer 5

Gibson (1972) argued that perception is a bottom-up process, which means that sensory information is analyzed in one direction: from simple analysis of raw sensory data to ever increasing complexity of analysis through the visual system.

Question 6

what is linguistic intelligence

Answer 6

use of spoken and written language; ability to learn language and use it to attain gaols.
-oral presentations

Question 7

what is spatial intelligence

Answer 7

ability to use large and small spaces and visualise images and make spatial judgements with the minds eye

Question 8

what is logical/mathematical intelligence

Answer 8

ability to analyse problems and