PSY 1101 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Frontal Lobe, Brainstem, Nociceptor
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Chapter 3 - consciousness and the two track mind. Consciousness - awareness of ourselves and our environment. Dual-processing - information being processed consciously and unconsciously simultaneously. Consciously they are blind, however they behave as if they have sight. Selective attention - ability to direct attention and focus on one stimulus. Change blindness - failing to perceive changes in environment. *earn a point: read pages 92-109, there will be 10 questions about these pages on the second midterm. Pages 85-92 use study notes and watch posted videos: some definitions. Induction - when an individual is being hypnotized. Suggestion - suggestions being made for changes in behaviour, perceptions, moods and thinking. Post-hypnotic suggestion - suggestions made during hypnosis that the person carries out after hypnosis is over. Is not related with gullibility, imagination or mental illness. Helps with asthma, warts, chemotherapy, stuttering and nightmares. Don"t need to be relaxed: the nature of hypnosis. Hilgard - hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness.
