PS260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sensory System, Subliminal Stimuli, Detection Theory
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Participants putted into a practice putting hole. Same thing with golf scores people who do better rate the whole as bigger. Our physical state at the time influences our perception. If you imagine that the task is simple it makes it easier. Access consciousness: what the cognitive system is actually doing. Phenomenal consciousness: knowledge of what our cognitive system is doing. Monitoring consciousness: ability to reflect on one"s cognitive processing. Most cognitive processes occur outside of phenomena consciousness making self-report highly suspect. Perceptual experiences are the joint product of: sensitivity of the particular sensory system ex. Basketball players- nash (widen peripheral vision): able to see things and sense things better than other people response bias (willingness to report the perception) Our tendency to assign or not assign responsibility to something happening (example wiji boards) Illusion of conscious control results from close proximity between relevant thought and action. Looking in mirror: hears commands, does not hear commands.
