Attention

Question 1

attention

Answer 1

actively focusing on particular inforrmation while siimultaneously ignoring other information

Question 2

what does being able to focus on relevent information allow us to do

Answer 2

direct our limited energy and brain resources on the most important objects, functions, sensations and situations.

Question 3

what are the two types of sttimuli we can pay attention to

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internal stimuli and external stimuli

Question 4

internal stimuli

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information or sensationns that originate from within the body

Question 5

examples of internal stimuli

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feeling hungry, fever, headaches, having an idea

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external stimuli

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information or sensations that originate from outside the body

Question 7

examples of external stimuli

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conversations, reading, events experienced with your five senses

Question 8

what are the three types of attention

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sustained, divided and selective

Question 9

sustained attention

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a high degree of attention on one stimuli or task across a prolonged/eextended/continuous period of time, allows concentration on tasks or to attend to something for a specific period of time

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examples of sustained attention

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looking for a lost item, holding a conversation for a few minutes, wattchinh a movie

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what are the three stages of sustained attention

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a individual focuses attention on the stimuli they wish to sustain attention towards, maintaining attention on that stimulus, rreleasing sustained attention

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maintaining attention on the stimulus (step 2)

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results from iinternal motivation to sustain attention and individual ability yo hold focus

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releasing sustained attention (step 3)

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when the individual no longer needs to focus on the stimuli

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when is sustained attention most beneficial

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when the individual needs to have greater readiness to detect rare and unpredictable stimuli or when tthere is uncertainity about the location in which the stimuli will be presented

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example of when sustained attention is used for unpredictable stimuli

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the probationar driving test

Question 16

the more rare/unique the stimulus is…

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the greater a persons vigilance is likely to be when attending to it (greater sustained attention)

Question 17

selective attention

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nvolves exclusively focuusing attention on a specific stimulus or task while ignoring all other stimuli or tasks (still consiously aware of them)

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how does selective attention compare to sustained attention

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it typiclly involves shorter periods of intense focus on a specific stimuli

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how is selective attention beneficial

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itt helps to prioritise relevent information and filter out distractions, enables efficient processing of sensory inputs

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exxample of selective attentiion

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the cocktail party effect, in a conversation but responding to name

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cocktail party effect

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being at a crowded party, people often tune their attention into the conversation their having but still beiing able to hear other conversations

Question 21

divided attention

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distributing ones attention to allow for the processing of two or more stimuli at the same time, allows multitasking

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when is divided attention used

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when an automatic cognitive process is being performed which reequires little concious awareness or mental effort

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how is an automatic cognitive process formed

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when a task has been well learnt through repetition or because of their simpliciity, this task may start out requirig selective attention but becomees automatic with practice

Question 24

when is divided attention difficult to perform

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when paying attention and processing two or more stimuli that rely onn simiilar sensory systems