PSYCH 1X03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Parietal Lobe, Stroop Effect, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
7 Feb 2018
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Selection- the act of attending to an object to select it apart from the unattended objects. Some stimuli can trigger your attention in an automatic fashion- like a flashing light. When irrelevant information overwhelms us, we get distracted- ex. Trying to make an important phone call while driving. Driving requires some controlled processes- change speed, lane changes, etc. Our attentional resources are limited and must be controlled carefully- turning down the radio when looking for an address ( limited resources for controlled processes) Consciously effortful tasks can become automatic with practice- driving. You attentional spotlight focuses on only one part of your environment. Objects within the spotlight are treated with faster reaction time and higher accuracy. When the star appears in the box that flashed subjects repinned quicker. The flashing box fixates the attention spotlight on that box. Attention can shift faster than the eye. Colina dnc herry conducted experiments on the cocktail party effect.
