Lecture 4B attention Flashcards
1
Q
what do we need attention for?
A
- selecting info we need
- blocking out useless information
2
Q
divided attention
A
- multiple tasks
- helped by automatization
3
Q
early selection
A
= Broadbent’s filter theory
- selection between primary sensation and meaning
4
Q
Cocktail party effect
A
- you hear your name even in the unattended track
5
Q
dear aunt jane effect
A
- you follow the meaning
- can switch between two audio tracks
6
Q
leaky filter model
A
= Treisman’s attention theory
- task dependent filter
- always leaky
7
Q
inattentional blindness
A
- you dont perceive something because you dont attent to it
8
Q
fronto-parietal network
A
- for all conscious processes
- involved in attention
9
Q
spatial shadowing
A
- unattendence to a prominent object
- due to focus on other object
10
Q
late filter theory
A
- Deutch and Deutch
11
Q
sequential
A
- tasks done by switich between them
12
Q
Stroop taks
A
- reading a colour name printed in a different colour
- or vice versa
- > only colour recognition is a problem, therefor reading is an automatic process
13
Q
constant mapping
A
- a target is never the distractor
- enables automatization
14
Q
varied mapping
A
- target can be used as a distractor
15
Q
unlearning
A
- former target becomes distractor
- way harder than learning
