PSYCH207 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stroop Effect, Anne Treisman, Hemispatial Neglect
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Selective attention - refers to fact we usually focus our attention or one or few tasks at any time. Automatic performance - extensive practice led to ability to do tasks effortlessly without much attention. Divided attention - possible through automatic performance as person is more free to direct attention to other tasks at same time as automatic one. Paying attention: selecting relevant info and ignoring the irrelevant. Focus attention: happens when we place attention of various events and objects in environment (looking for keys) Spatial att: fact that attention can be focused on objects & events of interest in environment to aid our ability to recognize them amongst other objects and events. Hal pashler - at any time, awareness encompasses only small part of stimuli going on sensory systems (blocking out sounds studying, feeling of wearing clothes; ignored) Binaural presentation - when tapes recorded so both messages in both ears (in addition to dichotic)
