Consciousness + Attention

Question 1

Subconscious reactions

Answer 1

Reflexes
Reacting without conscious processing
For LITTLE information

Question 2

Conscious reactions

Answer 2

(Re)thinking deliberate actions
Allows well-thought conscious decisions
For TOO MUCH information

Question 3

4 - Essential processes

Answer 3

1. Arousal
2. Perception
3. Working emory
4. Attention

Question 4

1. Arousal

Answer 4

Physically alert - awake - attentive

Question 5

2. Perception

Answer 5

Detection - Organization - Binding - of sensory features

To represent / understand environmental information

Question 6

3. Working memory

Answer 6

Short-term storage of ongoing information

Temporary storage + manipulation of stimuli

Question 7

4. ATTENTION

Answer 7

Narrowing / focusing awareness selectively

‘Mental spotlight’ = specific sensory inputs / memories / internal representations

Automatic = stimulus - driven

Conscious = goal - driven

Question 8

Sensory neglect

Answer 8

Lack of response to sensory stimulation
-> right parietal region
damage

Question 9

Inattentional blindness

Answer 9

Focus centered on different task / stimuli
-> Don’t notice usually
obvious things

Question 10

Change blindness

Answer 10

Failure to notice obvious changes in one’s environment

Question 11

Attentional Blink

Answer 11

Switching stimuli creates slight gap in attention span

Question 12

3 - Lack of attention

Answer 12

Inattentional blindness
Change blindness
Attentional blink 
-> limited capacity to process 
    information one at a time

Question 13

4 - Cognitive tasks

Answer 13

Memory
Attention
Intelligence
Executive functioning