REACTION PAPER FOR TEACHER ANN HARRIS TO DO

Assignment instructions are as follows:

You are to take the implicit Association Test, https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/selectatouchtest.html on Race.

Paste your results at the end of your paper . You are to use six terms from chapter 3 and six terms from chapter 4. Minimum 2 pages.

More detailed instructions:

You are to explain why you received the results that you have. How does sensation perception and consciousness play a role in your preference? You need to utilize terms from these two chapters to explain your reason. 

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Your result:

Your data suggest a moderate automatic preference for African Americans over European Americans.

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(SIDE NOTE FOR ANN: I am not sure why I got these results so you can just make something up)

KEY TERMS Chapter 3

sensation, p. 85

perception, p. 85

bottom-up processing, p. 86

top-down processing, p. 86

sensory receptors, p. 87

absolute threshold, p. 89

noise, p. 91

difference threshold, p. 91

subliminal perception, p. 92

signal detection theory, p. 92

selective attention, p. 93

perceptual set, p. 95

sensory adaptation, p. 95

parallel processing, p. 101

figure-ground relationship, p. 104

gestalt psychology, p. 104

depth perception, p. 104

KEY TERMS Chapter 4

stream of consciousness, p. 126

consciousness, p. 126

theory of mind, p. 127

controlled processes, p. 128

automatic processes, p. 130

unconscious thought, p. 131

sleep, p. 133

REM sleep, p. 138

manifest content, p. 143

latent content, p. 143

cognitive theory of dreaming, p. 144

activation-synthesis theory, p. 145

psychoactive drugs, p. 146

tolerance, p. 147

physical dependence, p. 147

psychological dependence, p. 147

divided consciousness view of hypnosis, p. 158

social cognitive behavior view of hypnosis, p. 159

meditation, p. 160