Attention

Question 1

Unattended channel

Answer 1

Input coming into the other ear that the person should ignore

Question 2

Broadbent filter model of selective attention

Answer 2

Inputs from the environment first intersensory buffer one of these inputs is in selected and filtered based on physical characteristics of the input this theoretical filter is designed to keep our brains from being overloaded other sensory information stays in the sensory buffer briefly then quickly decays. Only the attended ear information is allowed to pass through the filter.

Question 3

Cocktail party effect

Answer 3

You are not aware of content of any other conversations going on around you until suddenly you hear the name of your best friend mentioned in the conversation behind you.

Question 4

Friedman attenuation model of selective attention

Answer 4

Tried to account for the cocktail party effect. believed that rather than a filter, the mind has an attenuator which works like a volume knob and turns down the unintended sensory input rather than eliminating it

Question 5

Spotlight model

Answer 5

The spotlight is a beam that can shine anywhere within an individual’s visual field it is important to note that this beam describe the movement of attention not the movement of eyes. Shift send attention actually proceed the corresponding eye movements. The shifting of attention requires us to unlock the beam from its current target, move the focus, and lock onto a new target.

Question 6

Binding problem

Answer 6

Perception is processed in the brain by a feature detectors that examine the different aspects of an object such as color shape orientation etc. **The problem of how all these different aspects are simple together in related to a single object rather than something else in the visual field

Question 7

Resource model of attention-divided attention

Answer 7

Says that we have a limited pool of resources on which to draw when performing tasks, both modality specific resources and general resources.

Question 8

Controlled tasks

Answer 8

Requires flexibility and drain more resources, thus are typically not multitasked

Question 9

Attended channel

Answer 9

Information coming into one ear that the person should listen to