Author Question: Suppose that a woman has an injured visual cortex, as the result of an accident. She says that she ... (Read 130 times)

tichca · **on:** Jun 20, 2018

Suppose that a woman has an injured visual cortex, as the result of an accident. She says that she cannot see a light, which is presented on her left side. However, she accurately points to the light's location. She is demonstrating

a. change blindness.
b. the ironic effects of mental control.
c. selective attention.
d. blindsight.

Question 2

Nisbett and Wilson examined people's consciousness about their higher mental processes. According to their research,

a. we can usually provide valid introspections about conscious processes.
b. it is impossible to have access to our thought processes.
c. we are often unable to introspect accurately about our thought processes.
d. we can introspect accurately about memory and higher mental processes, but not about perception.