Dual Processing Capabilities in AP Psychology

Definition

This refers to the mind's ability to simultaneously process information on separate conscious and unconscious tracks.

Related terms

Parallel Processing:

This is the ability of the brain to do many things (such as walking and talking) at once.

Selective Attention:

This is focusing on a particular object for a period of time while ignoring irrelevant information that is also occurring.

Automatic Processing:

Unconscious encoding of incidental information such as space, time, and frequency, and well-learned information such as word meanings.