AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Our inability to consciously process all the sensory information available to us at any single point in time best illustrates the need for
A
blindsight
B
selective attention
C
choice blindness
D
the popout phenomenon
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Perception: the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.

Detailed explanation-2: -Selective hearing is the ability to listen to a single speaker while in a crowded or loud environment. You might also hear it referred to as “selective auditory attention” or the “cocktail party effect.”

Detailed explanation-3: -Selective Attention. • The focusing of conscious awareness on a. particular stimulus. • The cocktail party effect is an example of selective. attention: the ability to attend to only one voice among many while also being able to detect your own name in an unattended voice.

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