PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
James can sing along to music on the radio while driving his car and efficiently navigate to his friend’s house at the same time. This illustrates a feature of consciousness involving
A
concentration
B
selective attention
C
divided attention
D
controlled processing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Some examples of automatic processes include motor skills, implicit biases, procedural tasks, and priming.

Detailed explanation-2: -Lesson Summary Learning to ride a bike and learning to solve basic multiplication problems are examples of the types of tasks that become automatic with familiarity. Controlled processing is effortful, slow, susceptible to stressors, operates serially, and occurs when we exert conscious control of our mental abilities.

Detailed explanation-3: -Examples of automaticity are common activities such as walking, speaking, bicycle-riding, assembly-line work, and driving a car (the last of these sometimes being termed “highway hypnosis").

Detailed explanation-4: -One example of a controlled process is voluntary task switching while driving a car. The vehicle’s operator is required to regularly switch attention among the various components of the task (such as steering and checking mirrors, ) and switching intentionally is a controlled process.

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