attention pt 1

Question 1

what is top down attention

Answer 1

when the observer has a prior belief about something they want to pay attention to

Question 2

focusing on a task for a long period of time is what kind of top down attention?

Answer 2

sustained attention

Question 3

shifting attention between tasks is what kind of top down attention?

Answer 3

divided attention

Question 4

focusing on one thing and ignoring others is what kind of top down attention?

Answer 4

selective attention

Question 5

whats the condition when we have no awareness of information on the contralateral side of brain damage?

Answer 5

spatial neglect

Question 6

what is change blindness?

Answer 6

not noticing change in an environment because your attention is not focused

Question 7

what does Broadbent’s early filter model suggest?

Answer 7

you filter information at the level of perception, before information is processed for meaning and selects information for further processing at the sensory level

Question 8

how does Treisman’s attenuation theory differ from Broadbent’s early filter model?

Answer 8

attenuation theory allows for some unattended information to be processed for meaning

Question 9

what does a late selection filter model state?

Answer 9

we process all information at the level of meaning and then select what we want to process further

Question 10

controlled tasks require ____ while automatic tasks do not

Answer 10

effort

Question 11

what theory states that attentional filtering can occur at both early and late stages?

Answer 11

load theory

Question 12

a complicated movie requires a ____ load which means we process all information at the level of ____, so our attention is selected ______

Answer 12

high, perception, early

Question 13

an easier task with a ____ load means we process all information at the level of _____, so our attention is selected _____

Answer 13

low, meaning, later