PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Pentobarbital, Psychological Dependence, Ecological Niche

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: A L L

Document Summary

Cognitive neuroscience: the interdisciplinary study of the brain activity linked with our mental processes- is taking the first small step by relating specific brain states to conscious experiences. Brain and the mind may still be active ex) tennis imagine. Dual processing: many cognitive neuroscience discoveries tell us of a particular brain region that becomes active with a particular conscious experience. Perception, memory, thinking, language, and attitudes all operate on two levels- a conscious, deliberate high road and an unconscious, automatic low road. the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks. Hollow face illusion- people will mistakenly perceive the inside of a mask as a protruding face. Selective attention: the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. Cocktail party effect- is your ability to attend to only one voice among many. (let another voice speak your name and your cognitive radar, operating on the mind"s other track, will instantly bring that voice into consciousness).