Attention (final) Flashcards
Capacity Model (perception stage)
-Limited info processing space
Selective attention
Focusing on relevant info while blocking irrelevant info
Orienting Response
-Attention drawn AUTOMATICALLY according to STIMULUS
Memory system (central processing stage)
- Sensory register (filter)
- Short term memory (active)
- Long term memory (storage)
Response decision stage
-Mental decision made after processing info
Interference
-Anything DELAYING response decision
Capacity interference
-Mental overload
Structural interference
-Body structures compete for attention
ANXIETY and ATTENTION relationships’ 3 lines of thinking:
1) Distraction (ironic effect) -
2) Direction of focus (internal/external)
3) Combo distraction + internal focus (self focus)
3 Attentional style conclusions:
1) Athletes need to engage in ALL 4 stages (relevant info in all stages)
2) DIff performance situations require DIFFERENT attentional DEMANDS
3) ID have diff attentional style STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES
Task relevant info (attention strategy)
- Associative strategy: task focused
- Distraction strategy: Non-task focused
Dissociators (injury and attention style)
Less intensity, more relaxed = less susceptible to injury
Associators
More intense, more tension = more susceptible to injury
Effort and attentional style (attention strategies)
As physiological effort increases = shift so ASSOCIATIVE STRATEGY
Choking
-Shifting from AUTOMATIC to CONTROLLED mode
