Ch.4 - Paying Attention

Question 1

Attended inputs are treated

Answer 1

Without a filter and go on to be further processed

Question 2

We can ___ distractors, we can ___ desirables

Answer 2

Block, promote

Question 3

Attention is like a

Answer 3

Spotlight or focusing beam

Question 4

If our spotlight isn’t focused on something

Answer 4

It can be missed

Question 5

Focusing attention requires

Answer 5

Resources

Question 6

Resources may be dedicated to a stimulus through

Answer 6

Priming

Question 7

Priming comes from two sources

Answer 7

• Recent or frequent: stimulus based

- Deliberate: expectation based

Question 8

Resources have a

Answer 8

Limited budget

Question 9

Detectors respond when

Answer 9

Activation rises to their threshold

Question 10

One mechanism serves to ___ an unwanted stimulus, the other ___

Answer 10

Inhibit, facilitates

Question 11

The executive control mechanism

Answer 11

Sets goals and priorities, chooses strategies, directs cognitive function

Question 12

Practice diminishes

Answer 12

Resource demand

Question 13

Automaticity describes

Answer 13

Acquisition of a routine which can be completed without supervision which takes up fewer resources

Question 14

Unattended stimuli get

Answer 14

Blocked with a filter