Consciousness, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Sleep Terminology, Quizzes of Psychology

Download Consciousness, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Sleep Terminology and more Quizzes Psychology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Consciousness DEFINITION 1 heart of psychological function, our awareness of ourselves and out environment TERM 2 Cognitive Neuroscience DEFINITION 2 key function, interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with mental processes, including consciousness, plan for future (ex. Woman in coma asked to imagine play tennis, moving around = neural activity show consciousness even though physically unconscious TERM 3 Dual Processing DEFINITION 3 behavior and thinking through conscious and unconsciousness TERM 4 High Road aspect of psychological functioning DEFINITION 4 conscious, deliberate processing, we are aware TERM 5 Low Road aspect of psychological functioning DEFINITION 5 unconscious, automatic processing, unaware TERM 6 Sigmund Frued DEFINITION 6 First recognized Perception, memory, thinking, language, and most all other aspects of psychological functioning operate on two levels. Much of our behavior driven by unconscious drives TERM 7 Blindsight DEFINITION 7 No awareness of stimuli, but able to process aspects of visual stimulus such as locationBrain knows to move arm before it is moved (ex) TERM 8 Inattentional Blindness DEFINITION 8 didisstracted and miss things right before our eyes TERM 9 David Strayer DEFINITION 9 driving while talking on phone danger selective attention (ex. Independent variable = talk on phone TERM 10 Circadian Rythym DEFINITION 10 24 hour cycle include sleep wakefulness, biological clock, altered by artificial light