PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Introspection Illusion, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Psychokinesis

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Telepathy: mind to mind communication (no speech, no gestures etc) Clairvoyance: knowing thats going on with someone or somewhere, even though you"re not in touch with them or physically there. Precognition: the ability to predict the future. Psychokinesis: being able to move objects using your mind only. Parapsychology: the study of esp or the paranormal. * to date we have no scienti c evidence that esp exists * A reproduce phenomenon has to be done enough so that it is no considered due to chance". Blindsight: consciously they"re blind, but unconsciously they have some sight. Seeing unconsciously but not being aware of it. Selective attention: when we focus our attention on one stimulus and one stimulus only (disregard everything else) Inattentinal blindness: you don"t notice things in the environment. Change blindness: a phenomenon where we don"t notice changes we are used to looking at. Choice blindness: blind to our own choices. Have to make a choice between a and b.