Chapter 8: Consciousness

8.1 what is “consciousness”

this is the subjective awaress an individual pocesses of themselves and their environment

8.1 what are some ways which consciusness comes in handly?

some of the best ways which I comes in handly would be making sense of daily life, reflecting on past actions, adapting to the present, and making plans for the future

8.1 define what “different states of consciousness” means

• Front: Altered State of Consciousness (ASC)

• Back: Any mental condition that noticeably departs from normal waking awareness.

  • Examples: Sleep/dreaming, daydreaming, meditation, hypnosis, or drug-induced states.

8.1 what are some of examples of “altered states of consciusness”

spontaneously: daydreaming and drowsiness, flow, dreaming

physiologically: hallucinations, orgasm, food or oxygen starvation

psychologically: sensory deprivation, hypnosis, meditation

8.2 define what “cognitive neuroscience”

This is the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition( perception, thinking, memory, and language)

8.3 define what “selective attention” is

This is the focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

8.3 out of the 11,000,000 bits of infomantion how much is taken in

only about 40 bits out of the 11,000,000

8.3 what is the “cocktail party effect”

Your ability to attend to only one voice within a sea of many as you chat with a party guest

8.3 what is “inattentional blindness”

This is individuals failing to see visiblr objects when their attention is directed somewhere else

8.3 what is “change blindess”

this is a form of inattentional blindness which is where an individual fails to notice changes in their environment

8.4 define what “dual processing” is

This is a principle which states that information if often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious ways

8.4 what is “blindsight”

A condition in whcih a person can respond to visual stimulus w/o consciously experiencing it

8.4 what is “parallel processing”

This is where an individuals processes multiple aspects of a stimulus or problem simultaneously

8.4 what is “sequential processing”

This is where an individuals process one aspect of stimulus or problem before moving on to the next