PSYCH 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Inattentional Blindness, Subliminal Stimuli, Rush Hour
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Psych 101 lecture 16 states of consciousness. Consciousness: awareness of ourselves, our current environment, and mental processes; only accessible through conscious subject"s viewpoint. Example: bats and blind people may use echolocation. Waking consciousness: a state of clear, organized alertness. Selective attention: our ability to focus our awareness on some stimuli to the exclusion of others; it has a limited capacity. Example: humans can only focus on one thing at a time. Inattentional blindness: lack of attention that is not associated with any vision defects or deficits; when an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus that is in plain sight. Multitasking: a myth; shifting our attention from one thing to another. Automatic processing: carrying out activities without conscious attention to them. Example: riding a bike, using the gas pedal and brakes while driving a car, reading. Controlled processing: carrying out activities with a conscious effort to direct them.
