3.1 Psychology practice consciousness

Consciousness is defined as

• the ability to solve problems, reason and remember
• the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information
• effortless processing of incidental information into memory
• our awareness of ourselves and our environment

We know more than we know we know thanks to our capacity for

• sequential processing
• consciousness
• change blindness
• dual processing

June's correct solution of a novel arithmetic problem was simultaneously facilitated by unconscious inferences and the conscious application of mathematical principles.  This best illustrates the value of

• the popout phenominon
• a biopsychological approach
• dual processing
• behaviorsim

Although many experienced drivers cannot accurately explain how they do it, most know how to turn successfully from a left to a right lane of traffic. This best illustrates the value of

• sequential processing
• blindsight
• choice blindness
• unconscious processing

A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing it is known as

• the cocktail party effect
• change blindness
• choice blindness
• blindsight

Adding two large numbers together by consciously focusing on and solving each subcomponent of the task in serial order best illustrates

• the popout phenomenon
• the two-track mind
• sequential processing
• choice blindness

Consciousness is to unconsciousness as _____is to _______.

• selective attention' the cocktail party effect
• sequential processing; parallel processing
• behaviorism; cognitive neuroscience
• change blindness; choice blindness

Our inability to consciously process all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the need for

• blindsight
• selective attention
• choice blindness
• the popout phenomenon

Even if musically inclined, it is difficult to tap a steady three times with your left hand while tapping four times with your right hand because both tasks require

• dual processing
• change deafness
• change blindness
• conscious attention

Compared with parallel processing, sequential processing tends to be  _____ conscious and better for solving ______problems.

• less; novel
• more; familiar
• less; familiar
• more; novel