Attention Flashcards
Our ability to direct our awareness to a single aspect of an external stimulus
Attention
William James described attention as having three aspects. WHat are they?
Focus, Fringe, Margin
Basic info enters sensory buffer, mind selects something to focus on, other information decays is the process of selective attention as described by…
Broadbent
Dichotic listening test
two different words put into the two different sides of headphones
Shadowing
repeating words instantly, no memory component
Cocktail party effect
You can drown out stimuli around you but you can tune in and out
Attenuated information, or information that is reduced in intensity, is a part of which model of attention?
Treisman
Direct attention cause people to miss things in the background
Inattentional Blindness
Failure to notice changes in everyday life
change blindness
People are asked to watch a ball as it is tossed by a group of four. A person in a gorilla suit walks through but many people don’t see it. What is this?
Inattentional blindness
Describe the difference between simultaneous and sequential attention
Simultaneous attention is where we are paying attention to two + things at once whereas sequential is where we may switch back and forth
A model that proposed we have a certain amount of attention that we allocate to task was proposed by who?
Daniel Kahneman
Controlled versus automatic processing
controlled takes conscious focus whereas automatic is like on autopilot
Not paying close attention to details, trouble sustaining attention on tasks, easily distracted. What ADHD type>
Predominently inattentive
what are the three subtyoes of ADHD
Predominantly inattentive, Predominantly hyperactivity, combo
