S2W5 - Attention

Question 1

Capacity

Answer 1

amount of perceptual resources available for a given task/ process

Question 2

Selectivity

Answer 2

allocation of the perceptual resources available for a given task/ process

Question 3

Covert Attention

Answer 3

subtle direction of attention; attention that precedes eye movement; can have multiple focal points

Question 4

Overt Attention

Answer 4

overt direction of attention; redirection of perceptual organs towards stimuli; single focus

Question 5

Early Selection

Answer 5

Broadbent; selectivity occurs in early processing; awareness and response occurs before semantic analysis

Question 6

Late Selection

Answer 6

Broadbent; selectivity occurs in late processing; semantic analysis occurs before awareness and response

Question 7

Endogenous cue

Answer 7

attention voluntarily redirected; top-down

Question 8

Exogenous cue

Answer 8

attention involuntarily drawn to new location; bottom-up

Question 9

Steps to Attention Shifting

Answer 9

[in order] disengagement, movement, engagement

Question 10

Local Stimuli

Answer 10

the devil’s in the details

Question 11

Global Stimuli

Answer 11

the bigger picture

Question 12

Distributed Attention

Answer 12

simultaneous, parallel processing

Question 13

Focussed Attention

Answer 13

serial processing of each ‘fixation’ of the topic

Question 14

Evidence for the Spotlight Analogy

Answer 14

Posner cuing data; redirecting attention towards the future stimulus decreases response time, redirecting attention away from the future stimulus increases response time.