Psychology Module 7

Consciousness

Our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment

Hypnosis

A social interaction in which one person ( the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur

cognitive neuroscience

The interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with cognition (including perception, thinking, memory, and language).

Selective attention

Focusing conscious awareness on a particular stimulus

Inattentional blindness

failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere.

Change blindness

Failing to notice changes in the environment; a form of inattentional blindness

Dual processing

The principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks

Blindsight

a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it.

Sequential processing

processing one aspect of a stimulus or problem at a time; generally used to process new information or to solve difficult problems.

Parallel processing

processing many aspects of a stimulus or problem simultaneously