Attention

Question 1

Selective Attention

Answer 1

Ability to focus on certain sources of information and ignore others

Question 2

Divided attention

Answer 2

ability to do more than one thing at once

Question 3

bottleneck models - filter theory model

Answer 3

input -> perceptual channels -> central processing channel -> response

Question 4

filter theory

Answer 4

one process enters at a time and brain distinguishes which is important

Question 5

covert orienting

Answer 5

observer can selectively attend to a location in the visual field that is different from the fixation point

Question 6

endogenous orienting

Answer 6

Voluntary attention shift

Question 7

exogenous orienting

Answer 7

involuntary shift of attention

Question 8

independence point

Answer 8

point at which two tasks can be performed together just as efficiently as if they were performed alone

Question 9

cost of concurrence

Answer 9

difference between performance for task alone and dual-task performance

Question 10

vigilance

Answer 10

sustained attention

Question 11

vigilance task

Answer 11

user is expected to monitor multiple displays with long periods of time between events