Attention

Question 1

types of attention

Answer 1

Sustained concentration
selective
divided
shifting

Question 2

Describe sustained concentration

Answer 2

• Maintain concentration on one activity or stimulus for a sustained amount of time

Question 3

Describe selective concentration

Answer 3

• Focusing on one or more stimuli while all other stimuli at one time

Question 4

Describe divided attention

Answer 4

• Used when a person must focus on two or more stimuli at one time

Question 5

describe shifting attention

Answer 5

• Attending to one task at a time, but for limited amounts of time, refocusing our concentration on one stimulus than shifting over to another