Attention

Question 1

types of attention

Answer 1

focused attention

divided attention

Question 2

focused attention

Answer 2

you focus on one thing and ignore everything else

Question 3

divided attention

Answer 3

inability to focus on more than one thing at a time

Question 4

Stroop task

Answer 4

tests one ability to inhibit cognitive interference between two stimuli
proves that focused attention isn’t perfect

Question 5

dichotic listening and shadowing task

Answer 5

listen to two audio sources at once -> the patient repeats what is said in the relevant channel

Question 6

basis for selection

Answer 6

location of sound, physical characteristics of the sounds (volume, pitch)

Question 7

what was the purpose of the shock conditioning study?

Answer 7

to determine if we retain words from the unattended audio source

Question 8

overt shift of attention

Answer 8

shift full attention to stimuli (physically move one’s eyes)

Question 9

covert shift of attention

Answer 9

shift peripheral attention to stimuli (don’t move eyes)

Question 10

is the unattended message processed?

Answer 10

yes - there’s a galvanic skin response to conditioned words, even though you’re unaware of them

Question 11

feature integration theory

Answer 11

The visual scene is being registered in feature detectors. Attention is used to “glue” features in point of visual space, leading to object perception and recognition.

Question 12

change blindness

Answer 12

the inability to detect that an object has moved, changed, or disappeared

Question 13

inattention blindness

Answer 13

paying attention to one task lowers the attention available for detecting unexpected changes