lecture 4 - attention

Question 1

what is the dichotic listening task?

Answer 1

one message played into one ear and another in the other, ignored outputs at one ear and attended inputs in the other

Question 2

what is the purpose of the dichotic listening task?

Answer 2

to see if we can actually filter out the attended ear

Question 3

what is the outcome of the dichotic listening task?

Answer 3

Recognise there is some speech and recognise a voice so know the gender and know if vol chnages or if someone diff starts speaking - info has to be processed so that we know the diffs
If someone says your name you switch your attention - if lots of ppl talking hard to pay attention unless someone says your name - cocktail party effect

Question 4

what is Broadbent’s filter model?

Question 5

is salience bottom-up or top-down?

Answer 5

bottom-up

Question 6

what is salience?

Answer 6

how important something is to attract our attention

Question 7

what is the cueing procedure?

Answer 7

Procedure for testing memory in which a participant is presented with cues, such as words or phrases, to aid recall of previously experienced stimuli

Question 8

what is the cueing procedure?

Answer 8

gives people a suggestion as to where they should look and pay attention

Question 9

what types of cues are there?

Answer 9

endogenous and exogenous

Question 10

when can cueing be used?

Answer 10

in magic tricks to decieve e.g. a spotlight