Attention and Memory

Question 1

When does inattention blindness occur?

Answer 1

When we do not have enough attention resources to notice additional stimuli.

Question 2

What is Treisman’s Feature Integration Theory?

Answer 2

Basic features are process quickly in parallel to bind simple features together. It is slow and serial.

Question 3

What is spatial attention?

Answer 3

When you are looking for something

Question 4

What is feature-based attention?

Answer 4

Looking for things according to a specific feature

Question 5

What is external attention?

Answer 5

How we attend to the world.

Question 6

What is internal attention?

Answer 6

LT memory: bringing memories into conscious awareness
Working memory: we can hold four pieces of information at once.
Selecting responses

Question 7

What is Baddeley’s model of working memory?

Answer 7

We can store sensory information in seperate buffers. The central executive combines different buffers to increase awareness.
Phonological loop: stores auditory info briefly
Visuospatial sketchpad:stores visual information briefly.
Episodic buffer: integrates information into new representations.

Question 8

Describe the two types of cues involved in retrieval of memories?

Answer 8

External cues (context dep.)
Internal cues (mood dep.)

Question 9

What are the three types of amnesia?

Answer 9

Infantile
Reterograde
Anterograde

Question 10

What are the two types of conscious memory?

Answer 10

Episodic and semantic

Question 11

What are the three types of unconscious memory?

Answer 11

Procedural, conditioning and priming