Psychology II Flashcards
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Define consciousness
Our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment
Define hypnosis
a social interaction in which one person suggests to another person that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will sponataneously occur.
Define cognitive neuroscience
the interdiplicinary study of brain activity linked with cognition
Define selective attention
focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus
Define Inattentional blindness
Failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere
Define inattentional numbness
If you bump into someone they are less likely to notice the other physical stimulus
Define change blindness
failing to notice environmental changes, a form of inattentional blindness
Define dual processing
The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconcious tracks
Define blindsight
A condition in which a person can respond to visual stimulus without consciously experienceing it.(if your right eyes view different scenes you will only be consciously aware of one at a time, yet you will display some awareness in the other.)
Approximately how much of our brain function is UNconciouss?
80-90%
Explain parallel processing
processing many aspects of a stimulus or problem simultaneously
Explain sequential processing
Processing one aspect of a stimulus at a time; generally used to processes new information or solve difficult problems
Those working in and interdisciplinary field called __________________________ study the brain activity associated with the mental processes of perception, thinking , memory, and language
cognitive neuroscience
What are the minds two tracks?
explicit/implicit
Prior to the 1900s, psychology was considered the study of _________________
states of consciousness
Who was the first to realize there was an unconscious component to humans?
Sigmund Freud
What is widley considered to be the “Hard problem”
How does consciousness arise from a human brain? (matter)
the brains transmission of information is mostly
a. conscious
b. unconscious
b
What is the explanitory gap
the gap between how the brain works and how it produces conscious
Attention is sometimes necessary for perception: true or false
True
We are often unaware of the cognitive processes that underlie our judgments and preferences. true or false
true
What are the names for the conscious and unconscious systems
Unconscious: implicit,
automatic, System 1
Conscious: explicit,
controlled, System 2
what makes up the controlled process
deliberative, reflective, conscious. about 5% of brain activity
What makes up the automatic process
effortless, outside awareness, “gut feelings”, and intuition. About 95% of brain activity