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17 Cards in this Set
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attention
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the process by which we focus our consciousness awareness (limited in capacity)
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selective attention
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focus on one element amidst many sensations
cocktail party phenomenon |
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selective inattention
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ignore (upsetting, important) information
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SOA-- Stimulus Onset Asynchrony
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time interval between onset of cue and onset of target
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validity effect
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people respond faster to validly than to invalidly cued targets at both short and long SOA's
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Divided Attention
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splitting attention between two or more complex tasks at the same time
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dichotic listening task
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participant is asked to repeat out loud what they hear in one ear (shadowing) while ignoring information presented to the other ear
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Psychodynamic view of consciousness
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conscious (aware); preconscious (easily brought to conscious); unconcious (repressed)
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Unconscious motivation
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FREUD
people may be unaware of motives for behaviors -- assessed by projective techniques (project impulses on an ambiguous stimulus) Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)-- make story about pictures |
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reticular formation and consciousness
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alertness, consciousness, and attention (damage-- coma)
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reticular formation and consciousness
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alertness, consciousness, and attention (damage-- coma)
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hindbrain/midbrain and consciousness
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sleep and arousal
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hindbrain/midbrain and consciousness
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sleep and arousal
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thalamus + consciousness
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shines light on important things, and inhibits attention on irrelevant things
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thalamus + consciousness
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shines light on important things, and inhibits attention on irrelevant things
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prefrontal cortex and consciousness
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conscious control of info processing
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prefrontal cortex and consciousness
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conscious control of info processing
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