PSY 120 Chapter 6 Question and answers rated A+ 2024

PSY 120 Chapter 6 Question and answers rated A+ 2024 PSY 120: Chapter 6 consciousness - correct answer subjective awareness of internal and external events; thoughts, feelings, sensations, external stimuli what consciousness is good for - correct answer developing strategies, thinking about what you want to do/say, imagine how something the future will turn out, imagine what other people are thinking, predict their behavior attention - correct answer the internal processes that set priorities for mental functioning; it is selective (we don't focus on everything at once) how attention relates to consciousness - correct answer we are only consciously aware of what we pay attention to dichotic listening task - correct answer where message suddenly switches ears mid-sentence; you pick which sentence you want to pay attention to no - correct answer does our ability to attend selectively mean our brains have totally shut out all other information entirely cocktail effect - correct answer is the phenomenon of being able to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, much the same way that a partygoer can focus on a single conversation in a noisy room multitasking - correct answer trying to divide your attention between multiple tasks switching time cost - correct answer how long it takes to finish a set of tasks No - correct answer are self-described multi-taskers better at performing task that come with constant distraction