Semester 1 lecture 3 Attention Flashcards

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What is Attention?

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Focus
Concentration
Being switched on (or off) at the right times
Processing information
Not being distracted or distracting self from irrelevant information
“Deliberate mental effort” – Moran (2004)

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What does Moran 2004 suggest about attention

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ability to concentrate generally
the ability to zoom in on specific tasks as required

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What is SELECTIVE ATTENTION

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We choose to focus on what we want. Other things are lost

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What are the four main parts of attention

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Selective attention
Maintaining focus over time
Awareness of situation and self
Shifting focus when needed

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Explain selective attention

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Focus on task-relevant cues
Specific to athlete/sport
E.g., Tennis serve vs. saving a penalty
External vs. internal

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Explain internal v external attention

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For some skills it is better to pick an external focus of attention
Internal focus in these instances can lead to skill breakdown
Paralysis by analysis (Masters, 1992)
Conscious processing hypothesis

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What is Awareness of situation and self

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Making appropriate decisions based on the situation and what is going on around him/her.
Processing information using the range of senses
Hearing
Touch
Vision

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What is Shifting focus when needed

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The ability to broaden and narrow attentional focus can actually be an advantage in some sports.
“In pentathlon you need to be able to broaden your focus and then bring it back to a very narrow focus for different events. You need to be able to change your range of focus and concentration span, depending on which event you are doing.”
– Stephanie Cook

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What are the four quadrants of Attentional style model (Nideffer & Segal, 2001)

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Broad Internal, Broad external, Narrow internal, Narrow external

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Explain Broad internal analyse

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Dealing with lots of things at the same time.
Mistakes due to over analysis

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Explain Broad external assess

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Quickly assessing a situation

Mistakes due to focusing on irrelevant cues

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Explain Narrow Internal thought focus

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Locking in on a single thought e.g., Body awareness.
Mistakes due to choking

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Explain Narrow external object focus

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One or two primary targets – block out distractions
Mistakes due to missing vital cues

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Give an example of each

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BI- novice thinking about all elements of golf swing. NI- GYMNAST thinking about specific skill, NE- golf- BE concentrate on wrong things golfer - NE- missing vital cues

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