8.1 Overview + 8.2 Role of attention

Question 1

How does sensory info get perceived into perception?

Answer 1

Sensory info (light, sound) gets detected by sensory receptors and converts into neural signals that travel along nervers to the brain. These sensations are then interpreting in the brain

Question 2

What does human perception involve the interpretation of?

Answer 2

Internal and external stimuli

Question 3

Question
Sensation involves _____ ; whereas perception involves _____.

Answer 3

Detection; interpretation

Question 4

Human perception is best described as a/an _____ process , whereas sensation is best described as a/an _____ process.

Answer 4

Active; passive

Question 5

What is attention?

Answer 5

The process of focusing on specific stimuli or aspects of the sensory environment while ignoring and excluding others

Question 6

What is sustained attention?

Answer 6

Maintenance of attention on a specific stimulus or task for a continuous period of time without being distracted

Question 7

What is divided attention?

Answer 7

The ability to distribute attention so that two or more activities may be performed simultaneously

Question 8

What kind of tasks does it need to be for divided attention to happen?

Answer 8

Sufficiently similar, not complex

Question 9

What is selective attention?

Answer 9

Choosing and attending to a specific stimulus whilst at the same time excluding other stimuli; personal importance

Question 10

What factors can influence attention?

Answer 10

-Physiological state
-Motives
-Past experience (e.g personal interest)

Question 11

What changes in stimulus attracts our attention?

Answer 11

-Movement (e.g flickering light)
-Contrast (e.g black stain on white)
-Intensity (e.g bright colour)
-Size
-Duration or repetition