Week Three: Perception, Attention, and Memory Flashcards
What is information processing
Information processing takes place when an agent changes information in a detectable manner or the information changes the agent in a detectable manner
How is perception undergone in teaching?
We only learn what we perceive!
What does it mean by interpretation utilises ‘top-down processing’
We use our existing knowledge to make sense of incoming stimuli
What does attention do?
Allows us to process stimuli neutrally through sensing, or consciously perceiving
What is selective attention?
Focusing on one thing at a time
What is sustained attention?
Focusing on one thing for a long time
What is divided attention?
Focus on two things at once (not really possible)
What is alternating attention?
Switching between tasks
What is attentional control?
The ability to guide attention
Why might we not attend to a novel stimuli?
We cant make sense of it
What is a novel stimuli
A new/unfamiliar sense/stimuli an individual encounters
What are the three memory features included in the Modal Memory Model?
Sensory memory, Working memory, Long term memory
What is the function and duration of sensory memory?
registers sensory information, lasts around 1.5-3 seconds
What is the function and duration of working memory?
organises, rehearses, and discards information, lasts around 20-30 seconds
What is the function and duration of long-term memory?
Stores information, duration is unknown
What is bottom-up processing?
You focus on the information coming from whatever you are trying to perceive, and you try to understand it without bringing your prior knowledge to bear on the situation.
What is the increased saliency theory?
That attention is focused dependant on direct motivation or desire
What is the phonological loop
A memory procedure which stores and also rehearses verbal/auditory information. “Rehearsal” is essentially just repeating things over and over in your head so that you can remember it for a little while.
What is the visuospatial sketchpad?
The visuospatial sketchpad helps you store visual information and plan using visual imagery. The visuospatial sketchpad enables you to create mental maps and spatial images.
