Attention

Question 1

______is when you concentrate on one aspect in the environment

Answer 1

Attention

Question 2

_____is when you one focus on one aspect and ignore other stimuli

Answer 2

Selective attention

Question 3

______phenomenon is when you are focused on one aspect but other stimuli are present but only processed if they are important. Like for example you are talking to someone at a party and you are attentive to that person and there are multiple other sounds around you but you are not paying them attentions however, another friend of yours calls out your name from distance and are able to process it

Answer 3

Cocktail party

Question 4

What is shadowing in attention

Answer 4

Repeating what has been heard

Question 5

What are dichotic listening tests

Answer 5

Tests selective attention

• different stimuli in both ears

Question 6

______is when an individual is performing multiple tasks at the same time. Automatic processing is involved

Answer 6

Divided attention