psych final Flashcards
over attention
occurs when the focus coincides with the sensory orientation
covert attention
the focus is the independent of sensory information
cocktail party effect
selective attention filters out stimilu not being attended to
shadowing experiments
subjects most focus on one or two or more simeltanoius stimuli
Dichroic presentation- simultaneous delivery of different stimuli to the left and right ears
Inattentional blindness
is a failure to perceive non attended visual stimuli
divided attention tasks
subjects are asked to process two or more simultaneous stimuli
attentional spotlight
shifts around the environment highlighting stimuli for processing
attentional bottleneck
works as a filter to delve into the most important stimuli
early selection model of attention
filtering occurs at the sensory level and non attempted information never really reaches higher order cognition
suggests that the bottleneck occurs
later after substantial unconscious processing has occurred
perceptual load
the immediate processing demands presented by a stimulus; determines how much of our perceptual resources are used
sustained attention task
a single stimulus must be held in the spotlight for an extended length of time
voluntary attention
is directed towards aspects of environment according to our interests and goals
symbolic cuing
measures reaction time for noticing the appearance of a specific target preceded by a symbolic cue
valid cues
indicate whether a target will appear
invalid cues
point the wrong way
neutral cues
don’t provide any hint
reflexive attention
exogenous attention, is the involuntary reorienting of attention toward sudden or important event, but the attention does not last very long
bottom up process
is controlled by lower order sensory inputs rather than by voluntary conscious processes
inhibition of return
longer intervals interfere with processing
of valid cues
feature search
a search in which the target pops out right away due to a unique attribute
conjunction search
a search based on two or more features that together distinguish the target
binding problem
asks how the brain blends individual attributes into a single object when each attribute is processed in a different brain region