selective attention

Question 1

selective attention

Answer 1

it’s focusing on one element and ignoring others

Question 2

auditory selective attention

Answer 2

Auditory attention is a cognitive process that allows the listener to focus selectively on the stimulus of interest while ignoring irrelevant competing

Question 3

dichotic listening

Answer 3

the process of receiving different auditory messages presented simultaneously to each ear.

Question 4

early filter theory

Answer 4

 Physical characteristics are analyzed automatically (or “preattentively”) at an early stage for both channels
 Selective filter “lets in” only the attended information

Question 5

problems with the early filter (selective) theory

  *cocktail party
  * meaning-based switched to-be-ignored channel

Answer 5

Some semantic information seems to be processed in the unattended channel
- cocktail party: People can sometimes detect their names mentioned in the unattended channel
-Meaning-based switch to the to-be-ignored channel: People unconsciously switch to the unattended channel if that information provides a good continuation

Question 6

late filter( selection) theory

Answer 6

All incoming information gets in and receives a full analysis (including semantic analysis)
-Selection occurs on the basis of the full analysis

Question 7

problems with the late filter theory

Answer 7

• the unattended information is less likely to get fully processed as the attended information

Question 8

Theoretical Synthesis: Multimode Theory
(Johnston & Heinz’s answer)

Answer 8

it depends
-attention is flexible
-late selection requires more attentional capacities