Divided attention

Question 1

What does divided attention refer to?

Answer 1

Splitting attention across 2 or more stimuli at one time

Question 2

What is involved in divided attention?

Answer 2

Multitasking - Act of working on multiple tasks
(People often believe they are better at multitasking than they actually are, the brain can only process so much at once - makes switching between tasks more difficult because of prone to distraction, reduce understanding and decrease performance)

Question 3

When is multitasking inevitable?

Answer 3

• Situations that enable us to perform 2 tasks at the same time when we feel we are unable to complete one before the other
• Juggling a boring task with a more interesting task so we feel more entertained
• When one task can be done automatically or easily