The Role of Attention in Memory

Question 1

Attention is the mental _____ to concentrate on a ______ ______ while ignoring other stimuli

Answer 1

Capacity, specific stimuli

Question 2

Memory is the ______ function through which information is actively ______, _______ and _______

Answer 2

Cognitive, processed, stored, recieved

Question 3

Selective attention is the ability to focus on a _____ _____ while ignoring other competing stimuli

Answer 3

Specific stimuli

Question 4

Selective attention is a form of _____ processing

Answer 4

Controlled

Question 5

Divided attention is the ability to process ____ or _____ _____ simultaneously

Answer 5

Two, more stimuli

Question 6

Divided attention is a form of _____ processing

Answer 6

Automatic

Question 7

“The Cocktail Party Effect” is a term coined by _____ _____ in 19__

Answer 7

Colin Cherry, ‘53

Question 8

The Cocktail Party Effect is used to describe our ability to focus our _____ attention on a ____ conversation

Answer 8

Auditory, single

Question 9

Cherry played 2 messages to her participants, the conversation she asked them to focus on was called the “_____” message

Answer 9

Attended

Question 10

The conversation cherry asked her participants to ignore on was called the “_____” message

Answer 10

Unattended

Question 11

Cherry’s findings found that only ____ message can be ______ processed at a time

Answer 11

One, consciously