Cognition- Exploring the Science of the Mind- Chapter 14 Exam Bank Solution Manual (Rated A+)
Blind sight - Answers A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously
experiencing it. They are still truly blind.
Consciousness - Answers A state of awareness of sensations or ideas, such that you can reflect on them
and know what it "feels like" to experience them and report to others that you are aware of them.
Cognitive unconscious - Answers The broad set of mental activities that you're not aware of that make
ordinary interactions with the world possible
Products - Answers Beliefs you've formed, conclusions you've reached... created in the mind. We are
aware of these.
Processes - Answers The way in which you've formed beliefs and conclusions. We are generally unaware
of these.
Unconscious reasoning - Answers Reasoning in which a person is unaware of why they come to the
conclusions they do (evident in the fake famous names example, the feedback/confidence example, and
the fake pill/electric chock example)
Subliminal perception - Answers The registration of sensory input without conscious awareness
Action slips - Answers Cases in which you do something different from what you intend, mostly doing
what's normal instead
Metacognitive skills - Answers Skills in monitoring and controlling one's own mental processes
Metamemory - Answers One's knowledge about, awareness of, and control over own memory
Neural correlates of consciousness - Answers Specific brain states that seem to correspond to someone's
conscious experience
Reticular activating system - Answers A system in the brain that controls the overall arousal level of the
forebrain
Neuronal workspace hypothesis - Answers A specific claim about how the brain makes conscious
experience possible; the proposal is that "workspace neurons" link together the activity of various
specialized brain areas, and this linkage makes possible integration and comparison of different types of
information.
Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) - Answers A structure linked to the frontal cortex and connected to
structures that play pivotal roles in emotion, motivation, and feelings of reward. Crucial for conflict
detection within the brain.
Access consciousness - Answers Defined as someone's sensitivity to certain types of information and
access to that information
Blind sight - Answers A condition in which a person can respond to a visual stimulus without consciously
experiencing it. They are still truly blind.
Consciousness - Answers A state of awareness of sensations or ideas, such that you can reflect on them
and know what it "feels like" to experience them and report to others that you are aware of them.
Cognitive unconscious - Answers The broad set of mental activities that you're not aware of that make
ordinary interactions with the world possible
Products - Answers Beliefs you've formed, conclusions you've reached... created in the mind. We are
aware of these.
Processes - Answers The way in which you've formed beliefs and conclusions. We are generally unaware
of these.
Unconscious reasoning - Answers Reasoning in which a person is unaware of why they come to the
conclusions they do (evident in the fake famous names example, the feedback/confidence example, and
the fake pill/electric chock example)
Subliminal perception - Answers The registration of sensory input without conscious awareness
Action slips - Answers Cases in which you do something different from what you intend, mostly doing
what's normal instead
Metacognitive skills - Answers Skills in monitoring and controlling one's own mental processes
Metamemory - Answers One's knowledge about, awareness of, and control over own memory
Neural correlates of consciousness - Answers Specific brain states that seem to correspond to someone's
conscious experience
Reticular activating system - Answers A system in the brain that controls the overall arousal level of the
forebrain
Neuronal workspace hypothesis - Answers A specific claim about how the brain makes conscious
experience possible; the proposal is that "workspace neurons" link together the activity of various
specialized brain areas, and this linkage makes possible integration and comparison of different types of
information.
Anterior cingulate cortex (ACC) - Answers A structure linked to the frontal cortex and connected to
structures that play pivotal roles in emotion, motivation, and feelings of reward. Crucial for conflict
detection within the brain.
Access consciousness - Answers Defined as someone's sensitivity to certain types of information and
access to that information
