Attention (Chap 5)

Question 1

Divided Attention

Answer 1

behavioral and cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things

Question 2

Attention

Answer 2

taking into possession of the mind. focalisation, concentration.

Question 3

Selective attention/focused attention

Answer 3

Situation in which one source of info is attended to at a time while other stimuli are ignored

Question 4

Broadbent’s early model of filter attention (selective attention model)

Answer 4

Attended info input + unattended info input ===> sensory store ====> selective filter based on physical properties === bottle neck===> higher level processing ==> WM

Question 5

Triesman’s attentuation theory?

Answer 5

Argued that the selective filter could be better thought of as an attentuator –> information still gets through

Question 6

Deutsch & Deutsch

Answer 6

argued that all information processed at semantic level and only some information selected for response

Question 7

Evidence against Broadbent’s model?

Answer 7

Stroop task

Question 8

Posner Task

Answer 8

• Michael Posner

- The task assesses an individual’s ability to perform an attentional shift.

Question 9

Attentional Shift

Answer 9

directing attention to a point to increase the efficiency of processing that point and includes inhibition to decrease attentional resources to unwanted or irrelevant inputs