Princeton review chapter 4: interacting with the environment Flashcards
selective attention
the process by which one input is attended to and the rest is tuned out (limited capacity to pay attention) e.g., dichotic listening set up of hearing 2 diff dialogues: attended vs. unattended.
Donald Broadbent
invented the broadbent filter model of selective attention
broadbent filter model of selective attention
input through sensory buffer which enter short term memory storage. his model emphasized that you block the unattended message at the selective filter and only selectively messages are processed.
Anne Treisman
invented cocktail party effect
Anne Triesman’s Attenuation Model/Cocktail Party Effect
“cocktail party effect” defined through selective priming in which the unattended message goes through the attenuating filter instead of the selective filter. (dampening down the unattended message instead of completely blocking it) to only recall messages that are relevant/significant.
Spotlight Model
focusing with attention and not vision
Multitasking
Your ability to multitask is determined by 1) Similarity 2) Difficulty and 3) Practice
Alan Baddeley’s Model
Redefined short term memory as “working memory”. Consists of 4 components 1) Phonological Loop 2) Visiospatial Sketchpad 3) Episodic Buffer) and 4) Central Executive.
Alan Baddeley’s Model
Redefined short term memory as “working memory”. Consists of 4 components 1) Phonological Loop 2) Visuospatial Sketchpad 3) Episodic Buffer) and 4) Central Executive.
Phonological Loop
Repeat verbally to remember it
Visuospatial Sketchpad
mental images “picturing in mind”
Episodic Buffer
integrates information from Phonological Loop and Visuospatial Sketchpad. combining information of variety sources into coherent episodes.
Central Executive
overseer of the entire process. Shifts and divides attention
Jean Piaget
developed the Stages of Cognitive Development
Assimilating
conforming experiences into our existing schemas
