PSY 1101 Chapter 3: PSY1101 - Chapter 3 Notes.docx

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Mark Dallas

Document Summary

A strong stimulus will engage areas of the brain that are involved with activities such as language, attention and memory. An unconscious, automatic level: serial conscious processing: solving problems with focused attention, unconscious parallel processing: auto pilot taking care of routine tasks (walking, dual processing: info simultaneously processed on conscious & unconscious tracks, example: sight. Visual perception enables us to recognize things and plan future actions. Visual action guides our moment-to-moment movements: blindsight: a condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously experiencing (being aware of) it. If your name is spoken, you will instantly ring that voice into consciousness: selective attention & accidents. If a demanding task requires it, it will get your full attention. People blink less when focused on a task. When switching attention between complex tasks, there is a delay in coping: selective inattention.