Attention chapter 4 (Power point)

What is the definition of attention?

Answer explanation

The ability to focus on certain stimulus and locations in our environment while discarding/ignoring others.

What is the following describing?

The ability to focus on a stimuli or location in our environment while discarding/ignoring others?

Name tasks in which attention is involved.

Answer explanation

Helps form concentration on a mental task or activity. Preparation to received new information (prepare our mind for processing information)

Attention happens between the _______ registry and ___________.

• Motor, working-memory

• Sensory, working memory

• Sensory, short-term memory

• Sensory, Long-term-memory

• Motor, short-term memory

Explain the process of sensory registry and short-term memory.

Answer explanation

Our senses receive information/stimuli which go through our sensory registry where sensory information is briefly held. Than between sensory registry and short-term memory attention is used as a sort of filter that selects what sensory information are worth further processing. Attention helps us focus on relevant info and ignoring other because of the limit we have in cognitive resources. Than information makes it through short-term memory which is where information currently being used/manipulated is.

How many types of attention are there?

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Name the types of attention there are.

What is the following statement describing?

a cognitive process that allows individuals to focus on a specific message or stimulus while ignoring other competing stimuli. It involves the ability to filter out irrelevant information and concentrate on what is deemed important or pertinent.

• Divided attention

• Selective attention

• Automatic process

• Passive inhibition

• Active inhibition

In the context of attention, what does inhibition mean?

• Listening to 2 things at the same time

• Ability to carry out 2 or more tasks

• Ability to block/neglect stimuli being perceived as non-pertinent

• Operates for simple tasks consisting of familiar items

• Operates for more difficult tasks composed of more complex items

According to attention theory when it comes to selective attention, how many inhibition are there?

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