Asked by Montserrat Montero-Salgado on Jun 30, 2024
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A person reports being totally deaf, yet she gives vigorous startle responses to loud sounds. Of such occasions she reports, "I just felt I had to crouch quickly." These findings would be most similar to findings from studies on __________.
A) selective attention and the cocktail-party effect
B) people with blindsight
C) the effects of mental set on the perception of ambiguous figures
D) people who have reasonably good generic memory but virtually no procedural memory
Blindsight
A condition in which a person can respond to visual stimuli without consciously perceiving them, often after damage to the primary visual cortex.
Procedural Memory
A type of long-term memory responsible for knowing how to perform various actions and skills, such as riding a bike.
Selective Attention
The process by which a person focuses on one or a few select stimuli while ignoring others, allowing the individual to concentrate on important information.
- Recognize the phenomenon of unconscious processing and distinguish it from conscious processing.
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Learning Objectives
- Recognize the phenomenon of unconscious processing and distinguish it from conscious processing.
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