Attention

Question 1

What are the four characteristics of attention

Answer 1

Selective attention

Maintaining alertness

Situational awareness

Shifting attention

Question 2

What are the three processes of attention

Answer 2

Attentional selectivity

Capacity

Alertness

Question 3

Explain attentional controlled theory

Answer 3

Eysenck

Top down - goal directed

Bottom up - stimulus drives

Anxiety impairs goal directed to influenced more by stimulus driven system

Question 4

Outline attentional focus theory

Answer 4

Nideffer

Width = broad v narrow

Direction = internal v external (concentrate on internal factors or external stimuli)

Question 5

What is broad external used for

Answer 5

Rapidly, to assess a situation and perceive several situations at same time

Question 6

What is narrow external used for

Answer 6

Direct attention outward to 1 or 2 external cues

Question 7

What is broad internal used for

Answer 7

Analyse and plan

Question 8

What is narrow internal used for

Answer 8

Mental rehearsal or control emotional state

Question 9

Explain the choking process

Answer 9

Hill, Weinberg and Gould

Conditions leading to choking - attentional changes (internal narrow) - performance impairment

Timing and coordination breakdown

Muscle tiredness and fatigue

Rushing

Inability to respond to relevant cues