Attention pt 2

Question 1

what is Divided attention?

Answer 1

sharing one’s attention amoung multiple stimuli/tasks

can we perform multiple tasks at once

Question 2

What is the broadbent’s filter model

Answer 2

bottleneck filter

all of none

filters messages before incoming info is analyzed for meaning

filter acts as a bottleneck on information

Question 3

according to the broadbent’s filter model what is sensory memory?

Answer 3

holds all incoming information for a fraction of a second

transfers all info to next stage

Question 4

according to the broadbent’s filter model what is what is the filter?

Answer 4

identifies attended message based on physical characteristics

only attended message is passed on to the next stage

Question 5

according to the broadbent’s filter model what is the detector?

Answer 5

processes info to determine high level characterisitcs of the message

Question 6

according to the broadbent’s filter model what is short term memory?

Answer 6

receives output of detector

holds info for 10-15 seconds and may transfer it to long term memory

Question 7

According to treisman’s attenuation model what is Attenuation?

Answer 7

both physical characteristics and meaning can be used to select attended versus unattended messages

attenuator acts as leaky filter

Question 8

According to treisman’s attenuation model what is the attenuator?

Answer 8

analyzes incoming messages in terms of physical characteristics, language, and meaning

attended to message is let through the attenuator at full strengh

unattended message is let through at a much weaker strength

Question 9

According to treisman’s attenuation model what is the dictionary unit?

Answer 9

contains words, each of which have thresholds for being activated

words that are common or important have low threshold

uncommon words have high threshold