PSYC 2000 Chapter : Psych Exam 2 Study Guide Highlighted
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Know what each of these is and be able to provide examples of each: selective attention/ inattenton: our cons, cious awareness processes only a small part of all that we experience. We intuitively make use of the information we are nor consciously aware of: selective attention, selective inattention, inattentional blindness, inattentional blindness refers to the inability to see an object or a person in our midst. Simons and chabris (1999) showed that half of the observers failed to see the gorilla- suited assistant in ball passing game: change blindness, change blindness is a form of inattentional blindness. How could you prove to someone that they do indeed dream at night: in rem sleep, the voluntary muscles are inhibited, the person moves very little. The brain is active, but the body is not: when you wake someone up directly from rem sleep, they can usually report what they were dreaming about.
