Attention LCM UPHS

We try to detect the appearance of a particular stimulus.

• Signal detection and vigilance

• Search

• Selective attention

• Divided attention

We choose to attend to some stimuli and ignore others, as when we are involved in a conversation at a party.

• Signal detection and vigilance

• Search

• Selective attention

• Divided attention

We try to find a signal amidst distracters.

• Signal detection and vigilance

• Search

• Selective attention

• Divided attention

We prudently allocate our available attentional resources to coordinate our performance of more than one task at a time.

• Signal detection and vigilance

• Search

• Selective attention

• Divided attention

Finding Important Stimuli in a Crowd.

• Signal detection and vigilance

• Search

• Selective attention

• Divided attention

Using the signal detection matrix in Signal Detection theoryidentify the following example:

The screener recognizes a box cutter in the luggage.

• Hit

• False alarm

• Miss

• Correct rejection

The individual watchfully waits to detect a signal stimulus that may appear at an unknown time.

• actively looking

• vigilance

• selective attention

• divided attention

In a ___________ search, we look for a particular combination (conjunction joining together) of features.

• feature

• conjunction

• vigilance

• signal

Using the signal detection matrix in Signal Detection theory identify the following example: The screener recognizes that there is no box cutter in the luggage, and there is indeed none.

• Hit

• False alarm

• Miss

• Correct rejection

Using the signal detection matrix in Signal Detection theoryidentify the following example:

The screener thinks there is a box cutter in the luggage when there is none.

• Hit

• False alarm

• Miss

• Correct rejection